HYDRYPHANTIDAE Piersig, 1896

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 : 11-16

Family HYDRYPHANTIDAE Piersig, 1896

Subfamily Hydryphantinae Piersig, 1986

Genus Georgella Koenike, 1907

Georgella helvetica (Haller, 1882)

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: “ Hydryphantes (Georgella) apsteini “ Petrova (1971) .

Habitat: Ponds.

Distribution: Western Palaearctic.

Genus Hydryphantes Koch, 1841 Records of unidentified species from the study area: Greece: Stephanides (1971).

Hydryphantes (Hydryphantes) armentarius Gerecke, 1996

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (1996); Macedonia: Gerecke (1996); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Crenobiont; in weakly flowing rheohelocrenes exposed to sunlight.

Distribution: Italy, Balkan.

Hydryphantes (Hydryphantes) crassipalpis Koenike, 1914

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: K. Viets (1935b), Valkanov (1957), Petrova (1971), Di Sabatino et al. (2009).

Habitat: Standing waters.

Distribution: Central-Northern Europe, Siberia, Balkan, Asia Minor.

Hydryphantes (Hydryphantes) dispar (Schaub, 1888)

New records: Montenegro: Danilovgrad , pond Moromiš in village Martinići, 54 m a.s.l., 42°31'N 19°11'E, 06.v.2001 Pešić “ H. placationis “ (2/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: K. Viets (1926), Petrova (1971).

Remarks: An analysis of the specimens published by Pešić (2002c) as Hydryphantes placationis shows that these specimens represent H. dispar . New for Montenegro.

Habitat: Permanent and temporary ponds.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Hydryphantes (Hydryphantes) parmulatus Koenike, 1912

Records from the study area: Macedonia: Schwoerbel (1963).

Habitat: Standing waters.

Distribution: Central Europe, Balkan, Northern Africa, Congo.

Hydryphantes (Hydryphantes) placationis Thon, 1899

New records: Greece: Thessalia, Larissa, small lake surrounded by carr near Stómio , Pinios Delta , 03.v.1997 Smit (6/0) .

Records from the study area: Serbia: Đorđević (1903), Pešić (2003e); Macedonia: Đorđević (1906), Georgiev (1957), Pešić (2003j).

Remarks: New for Greece.

Rejected records: Montenegro: Pešić (2002c).

Habitat: Stagnant waters.

Distribution: Western Palaearctic.

Hydryphantes (Hydryphantes) planus Thon, 1899

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Pools of streams.

Distribution: Northwestern Palaearctic, Asia Minor.

Hydryphantes (Hydryphantes) ruber (Geer, 1778)

New records: Serbia: Pešter Mt.: pools near upper bridge, 16.v.2006 Pavićević (0/4/0); pool above bridge, 16.v.2006 Pavićević (0/2/2) .

Records from the study area: Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Remarks: New for Serbia.

Habitat: Temporary and permanent stagnant waters, also in limnocrenes.

Distribution: Holarctic.

Hydryphantes (Polyhydryphantes) flexuosus (Koenike, 1885)

Records from the study area: Greece: Davids (1977).

Habitat: Temporary and permanent stagnant waters.

Distribution: Palaearctic except Fennoscandia.

Hydryphantes (Octohydryphantes) octoporus Koenike, 1896

Records from the study area: Macedonia: “ H. thoni ” Georgiev (1957) ; Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Temporary and permanent stagnant waters.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Subfamily Euthyadinae K. Viets, 1931

Genus Panisellus K.Viets, 1925

Panisellus thienemanni (K.Viets, 1920)

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Pešić (2004c).

Habitat: Helocrenes.

Distribution: Northern and Central Europe, Balkan.

Genus Panisopsis K. Viets, 1926

Panisopsis curvifrons (Walter, 1907)

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

Habitat: Crenophilous; with a preference for springs with extended hygropetric areas.

Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Northern Africa.

Panisopsis setipes (K.Viets, 1911)

Records from the study area: Macedonia: “ Panisoides setipes “ K. Viets (1936) , Schwoerbel (1963); Bulgaria: Gerecke (1996); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Shaded forest springs and spring brooks, restricted to higher elevations.

Distribution: Central and Southern Europe.

Panisopsis thori (Walter, 1907)

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

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Northern Africa.

Genus Panisus Koenike, 1896

Panisus michaeli Koenike, 1896

Records from the study area: Croatia: K. Viets (1936), Pešić (2002f); Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (1996); Montenegro: Pešić (2003a, 2004a); Bulgaria: Pešić (2006).

Habitat: Crenobiont; characteristic species of helocrenes rich in organic debris; preferably in montane areas.

Distribution: Europe.

Panisus torrenticolus Piersig, 1898

New records: Montenegro: Bar: spring ”Uševac“ near village Dobre Vode, 42°03'N 19°08'E, 02.v.2005 Pešić (0/2/0); spring ”Gornje Vrelo“ near village Dobre Vode, 42°03'N 19°08'E, 02.v.2005 Pešić (0/1/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (2004a); Macedonia: Pešić (2005); Bulgaria: Petrova (1971); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Springs, mostly rheocrenes, middle-order streams.

Distribution: Europe except Fennoscandia, Turkey, Iran.

Genus Thyasella K. Viets, 1926

Thyasella (Thyasella) mandibularis (Lundblad, 1924)

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Pešić (2004c).

Habitat: Helocrenes.

Distribution: Sweden, Germany, Poland, Great Britain, Balkan.

Genus Thyopsis Piersig, 1899

Thyopsis cancellata (Protz, 1896)

Records from the study area: Serbia: K. Viets (1936), Pešić (2003e); Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a).

Habitat: Springs, small streams.

Distribution: Western Palaearctic.

Genus Parathyas Lundblad, 1926

Parathyas barbigera (K.Viets, 1908)

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: “ Thyas barbigera “ Gerecke (1996) ; Montenegro: “ T. barbigera “ Gerecke (1996) ; Bulgaria: “ T. barbigera “ K. Viets (1935b) , “ T. barbigera “ Petrova (1971) .

Habitat: Temporary vernal pools.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Parathyas palustris (Koenike, 1912)

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: “ Thyas palustris “ Gerecke (1996) , “ T. palustris “ Pešić (2006) . Habitat: Crenobiont; preferably in helocrenes.

Distribution: Europe.

Genus Trichothyas K. Viets, 1926

Trichothyas petrophila petrophila (Michael, 1895)

New records: Greece: GR12p Evia Island , the region of Ochi , Zacharia stream near Zacharia village, 30.vi.2007 Pešić (1/16/0) .

Records from the study area: Croatia: “ Lundbladia petrophila “ K. Viets (1936) , Pešić (2002f); Serbia: “ L. petrophila “ K. Viets (1936) , Pešić (2003e); Bulgaria: Petrova (1971).

Remarks: New for Greece.

Habitat: Cascades of low- and middle order streams and hygropetric areas of rheocrenes.

Distribution: Southern and Western Europe, Great Britain, Balkan, Asia Minor, Iran.

Subfamily Protziinae Koenike, 1909

Genus Partnunia Piersig, 1896

Partnunia naprintua Gerecke, 1996

New records: Montenegro: Andrijevica , Komovi Mt., Štavna, 42°42'N 19°40'E, 27.v.2007 Pešić (1/7/0); Plav, stream Vusanje near Grlje, 988 m a.s.l., 42°31'N 19°50'E Pešić (0/1/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (1996), Pešić (2003a, 2004a); Serbia: Gerecke (1996), Pešić (2003e); Bulgaria: Gerecke (1996), Pešić (2006).

Habitat: Crenobiont; preferably in shaded rheohelocrenes rich in gravel and mosses.

Distribution: Balkan.

Partnunia puritana Gerecke, 1996

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (1996); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Crenobiont; preferably in shaded rheohelocrenes rich in gravel and mosses.

Distribution: Balkan.

Genus Protzia Piersig, 1896

Protzia eximia (Protz, 1896)

Records from the study area: Croatia: K. Viets (1936), Pešić (2002f); Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (1996), Pešić (2003h); Montenegro: Gerecke (1996); Macedonia: Schwoerbel (1963), Gerecke (1996); Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a), Gerecke (1996), Pešić (2006); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Protzia felix Gerecke, 1996

New records: Greece: Lesbos, stream Mylopotamos, 06.v.2000 Smit (0/1/0)

Remarks: New for Greece.

Habitat: Middle-order streams.

Distribution: Central Mediterranean, Balkan.

Protzia halberti (Walter, 1920)

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Pešić (2003c); Montenegro: “ P. durmitoris ” Pešić (2003c) .

Habitat: Middle-order streams.

Distribution: Ireland, Central Europe, Balkan.

Protzia invalvaris Piersig, 1898

New records: Montenegro: Kolašin, stream Bistrica near village Crkvine, 1122 m a.s.l., 42°48'N 19°27'E, 15.ix.2004 Pešić (0/7/1); Kolašin, Ibrištica stream, 08.v.2008 Pešić (4/15/1); Bulgaria: Sofia, Cherni Iskar River , 1012 m a.s.l., 42 о 17'123''N 23 о 31'997''E, 19.v.2004 Kenderov (0/1/0); Greece: GR14p Evia Island , the region of Ochi , stream Platanystos , upper part, 01.vii.2007 Pešić (1/0/2); Ipiros, Ioannina , stream Voidomatis , upstream of Aristi , 06.v.1997 Smit (0/1/0) .

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (1996); Montenegro: Gerecke (1996), Pešić (1999, 2004a), Dovgal & Pešić (2007); Serbia: Gerecke (1996), Pešić (2003d, e); Macedonia: Gerecke (1996); Schwoerbel (1963); Bulgaria: K. Viets (1926), Arndt (1943), Petrova (1971), Scheffler (1974), Gerecke (1996); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Protzia rotunda Walter, 1908

New records: Montenegro: Bar, stream above Stari Bar, 42 о 05'59''N 19 о 08'30''E, 19.v.2004 Pešić (1/0/0); Mojkovac, stream Ljevok near village Ljevok, 849 m a.s.l., 42°59'N 19°26'E, 10.viii.2006 Pešić (1/3/0); Greece: GR6p Evia Island, the region of Ochi , Agios Dimitrios Gorge , Porfyras Ravine stream, 30.vi.2007 Pešić (0/2/0); Ipiros, stream at junction of road E90 and road to Konitsa , 05.v.1997 Smit (0/1/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (2004a); Macedonia: Pešić (2005); Bulgaria: “ P. cf. rotunda sensu Gerecke “ Pešić (2003c); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Low- and middle-order streams.

Distribution: Southern Europe, Iran.

Protzia rugosa Walter, 1918

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Pešić (2003h); Montenegro: “ P. eximia rugosa ” Pešić (2003a) , Pešić (2004a); Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a).

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Southern Europe, Iran.

Protzia squamosa squamosa Walter, 1908

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (2004a).

Habitat: Crenobiont; rheohelocrenes, mostly in forested areas.

Distribution: Central Europe and Eastern Europe, Balkan.

Protzia squamosa paucipora (K. Viets, 1955)

New records: Montenegro: Virpazar, spring “Dobre Vode“, 06.iv.2005 42 о 14'N 19 о 05'E Pešić (0/2/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Gerecke (1996); Serbia: Gerecke (1996), Pešić (2003e); Macedonia: Gerecke (1996); Bulgaria: Gerecke (1996); Greece: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Crenobiont; preferably in rheohelocrenes.

Distribution: Italy, Balkan.

Subfamily Tartarothyadinae K. Viets, 1934

Genus Tartarothyas K. Viets, 1934

Tartarothyas micrommata K.Viets, 1934

Records from the study area: Montenegro: K. Viets (1934a, c), Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Rheocrenic spring, hyporheic interstitial?

Distribution: Balkan, Romania (?) ( Gerecke 1996).

Tartarothyas romanica Husiatinschi, 1937

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (2004c).

Habitat: Crenobiont.

Distribution: Central, Eastern and south-eastern Europe, Great Britain, Ukraine.

Subfamily Wandesiinae Schwoerbel, 1961

Genus Wandesia Schechtel, 1912

Wandesia sp. Records from the study area: Greece: Gerecke (1999).

Wandesia ( Pseudo w andesia) somnambula Gerecke, 1996

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Gerecke (1996).

Habitat: Hyporheobiont.

Distribution: Germany, Romania (?), Balkan ( Di Sabatino et al. 2009).

Wandesia ( Pseudo w andesia) stygophila Szalay, 1944

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Petrova (1968b, 1971).

Habitat: Hyporheobiont.

Distribution: Hungary, Balkan, Central Europe?, Southern France?

Wandesia (Wandesia) thori Schechtel, 1912

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (2003g, 2004a).

Habitat: Crenophilous-hyporheobiont.

Distribution: Black Forest, Alps, Tatra Mountains, Northern Apennines, Spain (?) ( Gerecke & Martin 2006).