The water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in Italy Author Gerecke, Reinhard text Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-30 5009 1 1 85 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5009.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5009.1.1 1175-5326 5157635 3E5643F0-BBC2-45FA-83E5-07FEF6ECB690 Atractides ( Tympanomegapus ) acutirostris Motaş & Angelier, 1927 (Figs 25 A-B) Material examined: Calabria : I 414, 1/0/0 slide; I 1083 , 0/1/0 slide; Emilia-Romagna : I 888, 0/1/0 slide; Sardegna : I TG 15-01a,b, 0/5/0; I TG 17-05, 3/0/0; Sicilia : Iblei , Madonie , Peloritani , Central South ; I 165, 1/0/0 slide; I 167, 1/0/0 slide; I 179, 3/2/0 slide; I 465, 3/15/0 slide; I 472 Int 2, 0/1/1 slide; I 520, 0/1/0 slide; I 1072 g, 0/1/0; I 1076 e, 0/1/0; I 1076 g, 0/1/0; I 1078 e, 0/1/0; I 1078 g, 0/1/0; I 1079 f, 0/1/0; I 1080 g, 0/1/0; I 1081 b, 1/0/0; I dp 63, 0/1/1 slide; I dp 77, 0/1/0. 15 sites, 41 specimens . Previously published records from Italy : Marche (“ A. pavesii ” K. Viets 1955 , see Gerecke 2003 , Maglio 1956 ); Sardegna ( Gerecke 2014b ); Sicilia (Gerecke 1991, 2003, Ferrito 1994 ). Habitat: Rhithrobiont. Medium order streams with not too turbulent flow, at low to middle altitudes, 50-970 m . Distribution: Central and Southern Europe - Middle East.