MIDEOPSIDAE Koenike, 1910

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 : 82-83

Family MIDEOPSIDAE Koenike, 1910

Subfamily Mideopsinae Koenike, 1910

Genus Mideopsis Neuman, 1880

Mideopsis crassipes Soar, 1904

Records from the study area: Croatia: Besseling (1957), Pešić (2002f), Smit et al. (2000); Macedonia: Georgiev (1957), Smit et al. (2000), Baker et al. (2008).

Habitat: Pools of running waters, lakes.

Distribution: Centre of distribution W, N and Central Europe, only occasionally in S Europe.

Mideopsis orbicularis (Müller, 1776)

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Motaş et al. (1948), Smit et al. (2000); Montenegro: Pešić (1999); Serbia: Đorđević (1903), Smit et al. (2000), Pešić (2003e); Macedonia: Pešić (2003j), Baker et al. (2008); Bulgaria: Petrova (1971); Greece: Stephanides (1971), Smit et al. (2000).

Remarks: Many of the old records of M. orbicularis might refer to M. roztoczensis , especially those from streams.

Habitat: Lenitobiont.

Distribution: Holarctic.

Mideopsis roztoczensis Biesiadka & Kowalik, 1979

New records: Greece: GR17p Evia , the region of Ochi , Aetos stream near Aetos vill (near Karystos town ), 01.vii.2007 Pešić (1/0/0); Sparta: GR23p River Evrotas near Sparta city, 03.vii.2007 Pešić (1/0/0); GR24p stream Kelafina, a tributary of Evrotas river , 03.vii.2007 Pešić (1/0/0); Makedonia, Koyani, stream Pramoritsa, E of Mórfi (E of Kozani), 05.v.1997 Smit (0/1/0); Lesbos: stream Tsiknias, 29.iv.2000 Smit (0/3/0); stream Evertegoulas, 02.v.2000 Smit (0/1/0); ibid., 04.v.2000 Smit (0/1/0); Potamia River, upper east branch, 01.v.2000 Smit (0/2/0); Potamia River, upper west branch, 03.v.2000 (0/1/0); stream Mylopotamos, 06.v.2000 Smit (0/6/0) .

Records from the study area: Bosnia and Hercegovina: Pešić (2003h); Montenegro: Pešić (2003g); Macedonia: Pešić (2005); Bulgaria: Pešić (2006).

Remarks: New for Greece.

Habitat: Low and middle-order streams.

Distribution: Germany, Poland, France, Balkan, Turkey, Iran.