The water mite family Hygrobatidae Koch in Australia. The genera Aspidiobatella Cook, Australorivacarus Viets, Gondwanabates Imamura and Rhynchaustrobates Cook (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Author Smit, Harry text Zootaxa 2015 4033 4 567 583 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.7 dcb09c36-7afb-49aa-b351-1aa37ac0236c 1175-5326 232081 50290889-F919-4E19-A173-382C435EB6E2 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.