An updated checklist of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of Serbia with new records revealed by DNA barcodes Author Jovanović, Milica 0000-0003-1836-1210 University of Montenegro, Department of Biology, Džordža Vašingtona bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. E-mail: milicajovanovic 93 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1836 - 1210 Author Manović, Ana 0000-0001-8524-2233 University of Montenegro, Department of Biology, Džordža Vašingtona bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. E-mail: anamanovic @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8524 - 2233 Author Pešić, Vladimir University of Montenegro, Department of Biology, Džordža Vašingtona bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. E-mail: vladopesic @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9724 - 345 X text Ecologica Montenegrina 2024 2024-06-26 74 9 20 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.74.2 journal article 10.37828/em.2024.74.2 2336-9744 13247880 Hygrobates ( Hygrobates ) balcanicus Pešić, 2020 New records — Serbia , River Nišava at the mouth of Gabrovački stream, 43.325° N , 21.9219° E , 23 Jun. 2022 , leg. Pešić , Jovanović & Manović 1♀ (sequenced; Table 1 ) . Remarks — This species was originally described by Pešić et al . (2020b) from Bulgaria . The sequenced specimens from Serbia clusters within AEG3198, which, in addition to the specimen from study, includes specimens from Bulgaria , Portugal and Italy morphologically assigned to H. balcanicus . Published records from Balkan countries — Bulgaria ( Pešić et al . 2020b ); Greece ( Pešić et al. 2020b ). Distribution — Balkans.