Rhynchaustrobates (Rhynchaustrobates) tasmanicus 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 : 578

Rhynchaustrobates (Rhynchaustrobates) tasmanicus Cook, 1986

Material examined. Tasmania. 2/2/0, Julius Rivulet, Julius River Forest Reserve, 41º 0 9.296 S 145º 0 1.707 E, alt. 123 m asl, 21-iii-2008; 1/0/0, unnamed creek crossing road Kanunnan Bridge—Couta Rocks, 41º 0 8.142 S 144º 57.003 E, alt. 50 m asl, 22-iii-2008; 0/1/0, Blackwater Rivulet at crossing with road Kanunnan Bridge—Couta Rocks, 41º 10.006 S 144º 54.801 E, alt. 132 m asl, 22-iii-2008; 2/3/0, Sumac Rivulet at crossing with South Arthur River Forest Drive, 41º 0 9.934 S 145º 0 4.152 E, alt. 127 m asl, 22-111-2008; 0/1/0, Collingwood River at crossing with road A10, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP, 42° 0 9.770 S 145° 55.658 E, alt. 370 m asl, 24-iii-2008; 1/0/0, Newton Creek at crossing with road B28, 41º 54.520 S 145º 34.199 E, alt. 498 m asl, 24-iii-2008; 1/0/0, Tyenna River at campground, Mt Field NP, 42º 41.071 S 146º 43.026 E, alt. 350 m asl, 26-iii-2008; 0/1/0, South Esk River, upstream of Upper Esk, 41º 25.182 S 147º 43.147 E, alt. 362 m asl, 29-iii-2008.

Remarks. A species known only from Tasmania.