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 ( s. str. ) subasper Koenike, 1902 (Figs 25 I-L; 31 A-C) Material examined: Sardegna : I TG 15-01a, 1/0/0; I TG 20-01a,b,d, 2/2/0; Sicilia : All parts except for Peloritani; I 46, 0/1/0; I 133, 1/1/0; I 165 a, 0/1/0; I 168, 0/1/0; I 177, 2/2/0; I 178, 1/0/0; I 179, 5/4/0; I 181, 0/0/1; I 187, 0/4/8; I 188, 0/3/3; I 193, 4/2/0; I 218, 0/1/0; I 297, 15/23/0; I 298, 3/4/0; I 302, 2/2/0 slide; I 484, 1/0/1 slide; I 485, 1/1/0 slide. 20 sites, 103 specimens . Previously published records from Italy : Sardegna ( Gerecke 2014b ); Sicilia ( Gerecke 2003 ). Habitat: Rhithrobiont. Medium order streams, preferably at low altitude, 60-810 m . Distribution. Central and Southern Europe. So far, no records from southern continental Italy .