The water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) in Corsica and Sardinia Author Gerecke, Reinhard Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, CNRS UMR- 7205, case postale 53, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) and Biesingerstr. 11, 72070 Tübingen (Germany) reinhard. gerecke @ uni-tuebingen. de text Zoosystema 2014 2014-12-26 36 4 735 759 journal article 10.5252/z2014n4a3th 1638-9387 5159469 Atractides (s.s.) sp. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Corsica . F 41f, 1 ♀ ; F 45e, 1 ♀ ; F 93, 1 ♀ ( MNHN ) . Corsica . F 46, 1 dn; F 83a, 1 dn; F 93, 1 ♀ ( Coll. RG ), HM 07 , 1 dn ( Coll. HM ). Sardinia. I 1154, 6 dn ; I 1172 , 1 dn ( Coll. RG ) . PUBLISHED RECORDS. — Corsica : benf 59, 1 dn; benf 77, 1 dn; benf 84, 1 dn; benf 90, 2 dn; benf 170, 1 dn; benf 171, 3 dn; benf 173, 45 dn ( Gerecke & Di Sabatino 2013 , MCSNV ); Ang 9, 19 dn; Ang 12, 1 dn; Ang 12 I, 2 dn; Ang 26 I, 2 dn ( Angelier 1954b ); “ Atractides sp. (n.?)” [unpubl. taxon] Porto, 320-900 m , interstitial ( Santucci 1965 , 1977 ). REMARK The former female and deutonymph specimens could not be attributed to a described species due to unclear intermediate character states.