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 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.3.3 1175-5326 5A41C10B-C902-4583-AB0F-0E843EB700E3 Coaustraliobates minor (Lundblad, 1947) Material examined. Victoria . 1/0/3, Scrubby Valley Creek at Flat Rock Crossing , Grampians NP , 37°09.680 S 142°26.680 E , 304 m asl , 17-iii-2008 ; 1/0/0, Aire River at Aire Crossing , Great Otway Ranges NP , 38°42.190 S 143°28.536 E , 202 m asl , 1-iv-2008 ; 0/1/0, unnamed creek at Mait’s Rest Picnic Area , Great Otway Ranges NP , 38°46’21.69” S 143°32’33.04” E , 1-iv-2008 . South Australia . 0/1/0, Ewens Pond 1, Ewens Ponds Conservation Park , 38°01.566 S 140°47.434 E , 11 m asl , 4-iv-2008 . New South Wales . 0/2/0, Barrengarry Creek upstream of falls, Morton NP , 6-xi-2001 ; 2/3/1, Colo River at crossing with Putty Road , 33°25.959 S 150°49.688 E , 1-xii- 2003 ; 0/2/0, MacDonald River , upstream of Upper MacDonald Road , 33°12.312 S 150°53.613 E , 2-xii-2003 ; 0/1/0, Clublake River before confluence with Snowy River , Kosciuszko NP , 36°25.785 S 148°19.290 E , 1727 m asl , 7- xii-2003 ; 0/2/0, Mumbulla Creek at Mumbulla Creek Picnic Area , Biamanga NP , 36°34’32,92” S 149°53’37,93” E , 12-xii-2003 ; 1/0/0, Never Never Creek , Tallywood Point , 30°21.624 S 152°54.269 E , 7-xi-2005 ; 1/0/1, pool in Mogo Creek , Yengo NP , 33°10.915 S 151°03.560 E , 44 m asl , 25-i-2024 ; 3/6/3, Shoalhaven River , E of Burrier , 34°52.364 S 150°27.865 E , 0 m asl, 29-i-2024 . Distribution. Reported from all states and the Northern Territory of Australia . Furthermore, known from New Caledonia (K.O. Viets 1969 ).