Contribution to the water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia) fauna of Turkey Author Esen, Yunus text Acarological Studies 2022 2022-01-27 4 1 28 35 http://dx.doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1033310 journal article 10.47121/acarolstud.1033310 2667-5684 Trichothyas ( Lundbladia ) petrophila (Michael, 1895) Material examined: Moist moss, Harşit Valley , 40°56'35"N , 38°51'13"E , 100 m a.s.l. , 21.03.2014 (1/0/0) ; wet moss, 40°36'N , 38°30'E , 2423 m a.s.l., 21.06.2014 (0/1/0); moist mosses on the river bank, Pülümür Valley , Tunceli , 39°15'40"N , 39°52'25"E , 1443 m a.s.l. , 13.10.2018 (0/2/0). Record from Turkey : Afyon Erzincan and Muş , ( Erman et al., 2010 ; Esen et al., 2013 ). Distribution: Southern and Western Europe, England , Balkan, Iran , Asia Minor ( Pešić and Saboori, 2007 ; Di Sabatino et al., 2010; Erman et al., 2010 ).