LETHAXONIDAE Cook, Smith & Harvey, 2000

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 : 81-82

Family LETHAXONIDAE Cook, Smith & Harvey, 2000

Genus Lethaxona K.Viets, 1932

Records not classified to species level from the study area: Montenegro: K. Viets (1935a); Macedonia: K. Viets (1935a).

Lethaxona (Lethaxona) pygmaea K.Viets, 1932

New records: Montenegro: Podgorica, River Cijevna near village Dinoša, interstitial, 97 m a.s.l., 42°23'59.48''N 19°21'56.26''E, 25.viii.1999 Pešić (1/1/2); Danilovgrad, River Zeta near Spuž, interstitial, 41 m a.s.l., 42°30'39.63''N 19°11'52.99''E, 15.viii.1998 Pešić (0/1/0); Nikšić, River Zeta near village Zavrh, 618 m a.s.l., 42°48'N 18°55'E, interstitial, 18.vi.2000 Pešić (0/1/0); 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 (17/1); ibid., 16.viii.2004 Kenderov (20/ 0); Cherni Iskar River , interstitial, 1012 m a.s.l., 42 о 17'123''N 23 о 31'997''E, 16.viii.2004 Kenderov (5/0); ibid., 16.viii.2005 Kenderov (2/0); River Iskar above Samokov , interstitial, 1005 m a.s.l., 42 о 17'468''N 23 о 22'221''E, 02.v.2004 Kenderov (9/6); ibid., 16.viii.2004 Kenderov (2/0); ibid., 16.viii.2005 Kenderov (5/ 0); ibid., 19.viii.2006 Kenderov (0/2/0) .

Records from the study area: Macedonia: K. Viets (1932c); Bulgaria: Cvetkov & Petrova (1965), Petrova (1965, 1968b, 1971).

Remarks: New for Montenegro.

Habitat: Hyporheobiont.

Distribution: Central and south-eastern Europe.