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

Rhynchaustrobates (Victoriabates) geometricus Cook, 1986

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