Rhynchaustrobates (Rhynchaustrobates) bandus Cook, 1986

Smit, Harry, 2015, The water mite family Hygrobatidae Koch in Australia. The genera Aspidiobatella Cook, Australorivacarus Viets, Gondwanabates Imamura and Rhynchaustrobates Cook (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 4033 (4), pp. 567-583 : 576

Rhynchaustrobates (Rhynchaustrobates) bandus Cook, 1986

Material examined. Tasmania. 3/0/0, Tyenna River at campground, Mt Field NP, 42º 41.071 S 146º 43.026 E, alt. 350 m asl, 26-iii-2008. Victoria. 1/0/0, Scrubby Valley Creek at Flat Rock Crossing, Grampians NP, 37º 0 9.680 S 142º 26.680 E, alt. 304 m asl, 17-iii-2008; 0/1/0, Aire River at crossing with Binns Road, Great Otway Ranges NP, 38º 40.103 S 143º 34.805 E, alt. 240 m asl, 1-iv-2008; 1/4/0, Moleside Creek, Lower Glenelg NP, 38º 0 4.336 S 141º 17.507 E, alt. 25 m asl, 3-iv-2008.

Remarks. Thus far known only from Tasmania and New South Wales, and here reported for the first time from Victoria.