LEBERTIIDAE Thor, 1900

Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, Harry, Gerecke, Reinhard & Sabatino, Antonio Di, 2010, The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Balkan peninsula, a revised survey with new records and descriptions of five new taxa 2586, Zootaxa 2586 (1), pp. 1-100 : 25-29

Family LEBERTIIDAE Thor, 1900

Genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880

Records not classified to species level from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (2009); Montenegro: Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: Gerecke (2009); Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Lebertia (Pilolebertia) inaequalis (Koch, 1837)

New records: Greece: Thessalia, Trikala, River Pinios , approx. 4 km upstream of Kalambáka , 07.v.1997 Smit (0/1/0); Lesbos, stream Mylopotamos, 06.v.2000 Smit (0/2/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (2002c), Baker et al. (2008); Albania: Pešić (2003i); Macedonia: “ L. macedonica “ K. Viets (1936) , “ L. macedonica “ Bader (1955) , “ L. macedonica “ Georgiev (1957) , Besseling (1957), Schwoerbel (1963), Baker et al. (2008); Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Standing waters, also in canals and slowly flowing waters.

Distribution: Extended parts of the Palaearctic, but infrequent in the northernmost parts and unrecorded for some parts of eastern Europe ( Lundblad 1968).

Lebertia (Pilolebertia) insignis Neuman, 1880

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Schwoerbel (1963); Serbia: Ratajac & Rajaković (1992), Pešić (2003e).

Habitat: Ponds, pools of higher order streams.

Distribution: Central-northern Europe; apparently rare in the Mediterranean area ( Spain, Balkan).

Lebertia (Pilolebertia) porosa Thor, 1900

New records: Bulgaria: Sofia region, Cherni Iskar River , interstitial, 1012m a.s.l., 42 о 17'123''N 23 о 31'997''E, 16.viii.2004 Kenderov (2/0); Greece: Ipiros, Ioannina, stream Voidomatis, upstream of Aristi, 06.v.1997 Smit (3/5/0); Lesbos: stream Evergetoulas, 04.v.2000 Smit (0/1/0); stream Evergetoulas, 02.v.2000 Smit (0/0/4); stream Mylopotamos, 06.v.2000 Smit (0/1/0) .

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Thor (1906); Montenegro: K. Viets (1936); Serbia: K. Viets (1936), “ L. rivalis “ Ratajac & Rajaković (1992) , Pešić (2003e); Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: In standing waters and pools of streams.

Remarks: New for Bulgaria.

Distribution: Holarctic.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) bracteata K.Viets, 1925

Records from the study area: Montenegro, Bulgaria: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont? ( Gerecke 2009).

Distribution: Central, western and south-eastern Europe.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) crenophila K.Viets, 1920

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (2004a); Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a).

Habitat: Crenobiont or crenophilous.

Distribution: Central and eastern Europe.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) cuneifera Walter, 1922

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont.

Distribution: Central and southern Europe, Carpathians.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) dubia Thor, 1899

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: K. Viets (1935b), Petrova (1971), Scheffler (1974).

Habitat: Streams in lowlands, oligotrophic lakes.

Distribution: West Palaearctic.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) holsatica K.Viets, 1920

Records from the study area: Macedonia, Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont, in weakly flowing rheohelocrenes.

Distribution: Central and southern Europe, isolated outposts in southern Scandinavia ( Lundblad 1968).

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) longipalpis K. Viets, 1936

Records from the study area: Macedonia: K. Viets (1936).

Distribution: Balkan, only known from the type locality (spring near Trnice, W Mavrovo).

Habitat: Crenobiont.

Remarks: The definitive taxonomic state of L. longipalpis remains unanswered until the respective unknown sex of L. longipalpis (♁) and L. haliki (♀) comes to our knowledge. We cannot exclude that L. longipalpis is a junior synonym of L. haliki , and the differences between the two taxa result from sexual dimorphism ( Gerecke 2009).

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) mediterranea Gerecke, 2009

New records: Montenegro: Danilovgrad , spring of stream Rimanić near village Martinići, 53 m a.s.l., 42°31'33,10''N 19°11'34,85''E, 22.viii.2004 Pešić (1/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont, with a preference for shaded rheohelocrenes.

Remarks: New for Montenegro.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) sefvei Walter, 1911

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (2009); Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont, crenophilous.

Distribution: Europe, only scattered outposts in the Mediterranean area.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) semireticulata K.Viets, 1925

Records from the study area: Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Weakly seeping rheohelocrenes.

Distribution: Central European mountains, northern prealps and Alps, Greece.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) separata Lundblad, 1930

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont.

Distribution: Central and south-eastern Europe, rare, possibly often confused with L. stigmatifera .

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) stigmatifera Thor, 1900

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (1999); Serbia: K. Viets (1936), Pešić (2003e); Macedonia: Schwoerbel (1963), Pešić (2005), Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: K. Viets (1935b), Petrova (1971), Gerecke (2009); Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont.

Distribution: Europe, only scattered sites in the Mediterranean area.

Lebertia (Lebertia) aroania Gerecke, 2009

Records from the study area: Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont? Found in a weakly flowing rheohelocrenes exposed to sunlight and rich in travertine deposits ( Gerecke 2009).

Distribution: Balkan, known only from the type locality (Aroánia, Achaia).

Lebertia (Lebertia) brigantina K. Viets, 1933

Records from the study area: Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: High order lowland streams.

Distribution: Europe, scattered records, more frequent in northern and northeastern parts

Lebertia (Lebertia) bulgarensis K. Viets, 1926

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: K. Viets (1926), Arndt (1943), Petrova (1971), Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont - possibly crenophilous ( Gerecke 2009).

Distribution: South-eastern Europe ( Bulgaria and Montenegro).

Lebertia (Lebertia) castalia K.Viets, 1925

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Petrova (1971).

Habitat: Crenobiont.

Distribution: Central, eastern and northern Europe, Asia Minor, scattered records.

Lebertia (Lebertia) maglioi Thor, 1907

New records: Greece: Lesbos: stream Evergetoulas, 02.v.2000 Smit (4/2/0); stream Krioneri, 11.v.2000 Smit (1/0/2) .

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (2009); Montenegro: Gerecke (2009); Macedonia: Schwoerbel (1963), Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: Petrova (1971), “ L. acuta minor “ Petrova (1976a) ; Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Middle-order streams.

Distribution: Western Palaearctic, but so far not recorded from eastern and northeastern Europe ( Gerecke 2009).

Lebertia (Lebertia) fimbriata Thor, 1899

New records: Greece: Lesbos, Potamia River, upper west branch, 03.v.2000 Smit (1/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a), “ L. celtica procera “ Petrova (1976a) , Gerecke (2009); Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Middle- and high-order streams.

Distribution: West Palaearctic ( Gerecke 2009).

Lebertia (Lebertia) glabra Thor, 1897

Records from the study area: Croatia: “ L. lineata “ K. Viets (1936) , Pešić (2002f); Montenegro: Pešić (2004a), Gerecke (2009); Macedonia: “ L. lineata “ K. Viets (1936) , “ L. glabra , L. lineata “ Schwoerbel (1963) , Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: “ L. lineata “ Petrova (1971) ; Petrova (1976a); Gerecke (2009); Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont, at higher elevations they are found both in low- and middle order streams and lowland springs..

Distribution: West Palaearctic.

Lebertia (Lebertia) jadrensis K. Viets, 1936

Records from the study area: Croatia: K. Viets (1936), Pešić (2002f), Gerecke (2009).

Rejected record: Macedonia: Schwoerbel (1963) - Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont?

Distribution: Balkan, only known from the type locality (river Jadro near Split).

Lebertia (Lebertia) maculosa Koenike, 1902

New records: Bosnia and Hercegovina : River Lištica near Široki Brijeg, 43°21'N 17°37'E, 12.xi.2006 Pešić (1/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: “ L. zschokkei ” Pešić (1999) ; Serbia: Gerecke (2009); Macedonia: “ L. zschokkei ” Schwoerbel (1963) , Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: “ L. schischkoffi , L. arndti “ K. Viets (1926) , “ L. schischkoffi , L. arndti “ Arndt (1943) , “ L. schischkoffi , L. arndti “ Petrova (1971) , Gerecke (2009).

Remarks: New for Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Habitat: Rhitrobiont, crenophilous.

Distribution: Central, western and south-eastern Europe.

Lebertia (Lebertia) pusilla Koenike, 1911

Records from the study area: Croatia: “ L. dalmatica “ K. Viets (1936) , Pešić (2002f); Bulgaria, Greece: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Europe, except for the northern parts.

Lebertia (Lebertia) reticulata (Koenike, 1919)

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: “ L. rufipes reticulata “ Petrova (1976a) .

Habitat: Limnocrenes.

Distribution: Central and south-eastern Europe.

Lebertia (Lebertia) rivulorum K. Viets, 1933

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Central, eastern and southern Europe.

Lebertia (Lebertia) rubella K. Viets, 1926

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: “ L. tuberosa rubella “ K. Viets (1926) , Petrova (1971), Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Balkan, only known from the type locality (Rila Mt.).

Lebertia (Lebertia) salebrosa Koenike, 1908

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: “ Lebertia granulosa “ Petrova (1971) .

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Frequent in central European mountains and lowlands, the Mediterranean.

Lebertia (Lebertia) schechteli Thor, 1913

Records from the study area: Montenegro: “ L. tuberosa “ Pešić (1999, 2004a ); Gerecke (2009); Macedonia: “ L. tuberosa “ Schwoerbel (1963) , Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Crenobiont or at least crenophilous.

Distribution: Western, central and south-eastern Europe, restricted to higher mountain ranges.

Lebertia (Lebertia) sparsicapillata Thor, 1905

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (2009); Bulgaria: Gerecke (2009).

Habitat: Higher order streams.

Distribution: Europe, except for most northern and eastern parts.

Lebertia (Brentalebertia) minutipalpis K. Viets, 1920

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a).

Habitat: Crenobiont.

Distribution: Central and western European lowlands, Carpathians, Balkan.