Studies on European species of the water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Author Gerecke, Reinhard text Zootaxa 2014 3841 1 1 46 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3841.1.1 07cca84d-e413-47d9-9ea5-5d24be4dce1b 1175-5326 286746 5FAADB3D-2359-453F-8BF5-1C2A33C6D178 Aturus scaber Kramer, 1875 Fig. 13 C–H Material examined. Bosnia and Hercegovina : YU 4 ( 2 / 2 /0), YU 6 ( 1 / 1 /0), YU 15 (0/ 1 /0), YU 44 , 0/ 1 /0). Bulgaria : BU 7 ( 1 / 1 /0); Greece : Achaia, GR 74 (0/ 3 /0); Ipiros, GR 12 (0/ 1 /0); Makedonia , GR 28 (0/ 2 /0); Italy : Calabria, I 103 ( 3 / 12 /0); I 105 , (0/ 1 /0), I 447 ( 1 /0/0), I 1129 (0/ 1 /0); Liguria I 1217 (0/ 1 /0); Sicily, I 56 ( 1 / 5 / 1 ), I 133 (0/ 3 /0), I 187 ( 2 /0/0), I dp 19 ( 1 /0/0). Macedonia : YU 52 (0/ 1 /0). Spain : Albacete, E 166 (0/ 1 /0); E 167 ( 4 / 5 /0). Remark. See under A. rotundus . Habitat. Shaded low and medium order streams. Widely distributed and frequently recorded in central Europe, but in the Mediterranean obviously rare, avoiding areas with semi-arid climate and unstable water flow.