New records of hygrobatid water mites from SE Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia Hygrobatidae) with the description of ten new species Author Smit, Harry Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands & Museums Victoria Research Institute, Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia Author Pešić, Vladimir 0000-0002-9724-345X text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-09 5566 3 481 521 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5566.3.3 journal article 307821 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.3.3 9344d1ae-25b4-4554-beba-445e50c574f8 1175-5326 14703311 5A41C10B-C902-4583-AB0F-0E843EB700E3 Genus Australiobates Lundblad, 1941 A genus with a Gondwanan distribution, occurring in Australia , New Zealand , New Guinea , South Africa and South America. Within Australia 20 species are known. It is the most abundant and widespread genus in Australia , in almost every stream one can find species of this genus.