FRONTIPODOPSIDAE (K.Viets, 1931)

Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, Harry, Gerecke, Reinhard & Sabatino, Antonio Di, 2010, The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Balkan peninsula, a revised survey with new records and descriptions of five new taxa 2586, Zootaxa 2586 (1), pp. 1-100 : 81

Family FRONTIPODOPSIDAE (K.Viets, 1931)

Genus Frontipodopsis Walter, 1919

Frontipodopsis reticulatifrons Szalay, 1945

New records: Bulgaria: Sofia region: Beli Iskar River, interstitial, 1020 m a.s.l., 42 о 17'168"N 23 о 32'086"E, 02.v.2004 Kenderov (1/0); ibid., 16.viii.2004 Kenderov (13/0); Cherni Iskar River , interstitial, 1012 m a.s.l., 42 о 17'123"N 23 о 31'997"E, 16.viii.2004 Kenderov (1/0); ibid., 16.viii.2005 Kenderov (0/0/1); ibid., 26.xi.2005 Kenderov (0/0/1); River Iskar above Samokov town , interstitial, 1005 m a.s.l., 42 о 17'468"N 23 о 22'221"E, 02.v.2004 Kenderov (61/28); ibid., 16.viii.2005 Kenderov (3/0); ibid., 19.viii.2006 Kenderov (14/3); Samokov, Iskar River below Vedena river , interstitial, 638 m a.s.l., 42 о 33'616"N 23 о 25'395"E, 13.viii.2004 Kenderov (1/1); Samokov, Vedena River , interstitial, 643 m a.s.l., 42 о 33'608"N 23 о 25'328"E, 13.viii.2004 Kenderov (2/0); Planshtitza River , interstitial, 05.v.2004 Kenderov (1/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (1999, 2004b); Serbia: Pešić (2003e); Macedonia: Schwoerbel (1963); Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a).

Habitat: Hyporheobiont.

Distribution: Central and south-eastern Europe.