A review of the water mite genus Australorivacarus K.O. Viets (Chelicerata : Actinedida : Hygrobatidae)

Abstract

The genus Australorivacarus K. O. Viets is reviewed and three species are recognized: A. multiscutatus K. O. Viets, A. nudipes, sp. nov. and A. secipes, sp. nov. All are known from eastern Victoria; A. multiscutatus has also been collected in Tasmania.