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 graecus K. Viets, 1950 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Corsica . F 87, 1 ♂ ; F 111, 2 ♀♀ ( MNHN ) . DISTRIBUTION. — Mediterranean. Previously reported only from the Balkan peninsula and Turkey . First record from the area covered; new for France . HABITAT. — Crenophilous. In Corsica in a spring ( 300 m ) and a low order stream ( 1700 m ).