Abstract
Argas (Carios) dewae, new species, is described from adult and immature stages from New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. Recorded hosts are: VESPERTILIONIDAE: Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, Eptesicus pumilus (Gray), Chalinolobus gouldii (Gray), C. dwyeri (Ryan), Pipistrellus tasmaniensis Gould; and RHINOLOPHIDAE: Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray. Adults and nymphs were taken from houses and a church in which bats rested and from a child in a pram. This parasite is closely related to A. (C.) vespertilionis (Latreille) of Eurasia and Africa and A. (C.) pusillus Kohls of Southeast Asia, but differs greatly from A. (C.) australiensis Kohls & Hoogstraal and A. (C) daviesi Kaiser & Hoogstraal of Australia.
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