Rhynchaustrobates (Victoriabates) geometricus 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 : 581-582

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scientific name	Rhynchaustrobates (Victoriabates) geometricus Cook, 1986
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Material examined. New South Wales. 0/ 1 /0, Sawpit Creek, at crossing with Kosciuszko Road, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36 º 20.984 S 148 º 33.818 E, alt. 1240 m asl, 6 -xii- 2003; 0/ 1 /0, Thredbo River near Dead Horse Gap, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36 º 31.354 S 148 º 15.825 E, alt. 1589 m asl, 8 -xii- 2003; 0/ 1 /0, Leatherbarrel Creek, at crossing with Alpine Way, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36 º 31.559 S, 148 º 11 / 611 E, alt. 999 m asl, 8 -xii- 2003.

Remarks. Thus far known only from New South Wales ( Cook 1986, Harvey 1998). One female from Leatherbarrel Creek has the rounded medial platelets divided in two platelets (as in R. bipartitus n. sp.), but is otherwise similar and therefore assigned to this species.