Atractides (Tympanomegapus) acutirostris Motaş & Angelier, 1927

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2021, The water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in Italy, Zootaxa 5009 (1), pp. 1-85 : 44

Atractides (Tympanomegapus) acutirostris Motaş & Angelier, 1927

(Figs 25 A-B)

Material examined: Calabria: I 414, 1/0/0 slide; I 1083, 0/1/0 slide; Emilia-Romagna: I 888, 0/1/0 slide; Sardegna: I TG 15-01a,b, 0/5/0; I TG 17-05, 3/0/0; Sicilia: Iblei, Madonie , Peloritani , Central South ; I 165, 1/0/0 slide; I 167, 1/0/0 slide; I 179, 3/2/0 slide; I 465, 3/15/0 slide; I 472 Int 2, 0/1/1 slide; I 520, 0/1/0 slide; I 1072 g, 0/1/0; I 1076 e, 0/1/0; I 1076 g, 0/1/0; I 1078 e, 0/1/0; I 1078 g, 0/1/0; I 1079 f, 0/1/0; I 1080 g, 0/1/0; I 1081 b, 1/0/0; I dp 63, 0/1/1 slide; I dp 77, 0/1/0. 15 sites, 41 specimens .

Previously published records from Italy: Marche (“ A. pavesii ” K. Viets 1955 , see Gerecke 2003, Maglio 1956); Sardegna ( Gerecke 2014b); Sicilia (Gerecke 1991, 2003, Ferrito 1994).

Habitat: Rhithrobiont. Medium order streams with not too turbulent flow, at low to middle altitudes, 50-970 m.

Distribution: Central and Southern Europe - Middle East.