Forelia (Forelia) variegator (Koch, 1837)

Pešić, Vladimir, Bańkowska, Aleksandra, Goldschmidt, Tom, Grabowski, Michał, Michoński, Grzegorz & Zawal, Andrzej, 2018, Supplement to the Checklist of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan peninsula, Zootaxa 4394 (2), pp. 151-184 : 173

Forelia (Forelia) variegator (Koch, 1837)

New records: Montenegro: Podgorica, Skadar Lake area, Drume, spring near Vitoja River, Mentha sp., sand, 0.5 m depth, 42°19'32.5"N 19°21'45.9"E, 27.iv.2014 Zawal, Bańkowska (0/0/1); ibid., Nuphar luteum , 1 m depth, 05.x.2014 (6/6/5). Macedonia: Ohrid Lake, shore near Hydrobiological Institute in Orhrid, 41°6'10.33"N 20°48'23.88"E, 24.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (1/0/0); Ohrid Lake near Hotel Astor, gravel, 0.5 m depth, 41°6'7.08"N 20°48'21.2"E, 24.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (1/0/0); Ohrid Lake near Sveti Naum, Phragmites australis , sand, 0.7 m depth, 40°54'50.52"N 20°44'29.99"E, 19.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (2/0/0); Ohrid Lake near Gorica, gravel, 0,5 m depth, 41°5'5.39"N 20°47'45.73"E, 18.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (1/0/0); Ohrid Lake near Gorica, Potamogeton sp., Myriophyllum sp., 2 m depth, 41°5'5.39"N 20°47'45.73"E, 18.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (8/0/0); Ohrid Lake near Struga, 0.5 m depth, 41°10'25.5"N 20°40'34.4"E, 23.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (1/0/0); Ohrid, small reservoir near Hydrobiological Institute, 41°6'4.82"N 20°48'50.73"E, 1.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (2/0/0); Ohrid Lake areas, Sveti Naum, spring, 40°54'50.52"N 20°44'29.99"E, 19.vi.2009 Zawal, Stojanovski (1/0/0). Albania: Skadar Lake near Gashaj, Syri and Sheganit spring, sublacustrine spring, elodeids, stones, 1 m depth, 42°16'30.4"N 19°23'42.9"E, 07.x.2014 Zawal, Bańkowska (1/0/1).

Published records: Macedonia: Zawal et al. (2011), Dzierzgowska et al. (2011); Bulgaria: Lyubomirova (2017).

Distribution: Palaearctic.