FELTRIIDAE K. Viets, 1926

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 : 67-69

Family FELTRIIDAE K. Viets, 1926

Genus Feltria, 1892 Records not classified to species level from the study area: Bulgaria: Angelov (1964), Petrova (1971).

Feltria (Feltria) armata Koenike, 1902

New records: Montenegro: YU23 Komovi Mt. , pass Trešnjevik at the foot of Komovi, 1700 m a.s.l., 42°47'N 17°21'W, 05.vi.1990 Gerecke (0/1/0) ; YU32 Bjelasica Mt. , brook upstream Lubnice, 1300 m a.s.l., 42°40'N 17°23'W, 08.vi.1990 Gerecke (0/1/0) ; YU35 Sinjajevina Planina Mt. , Lipovo, spring stream Ropošnica, 1300 m a.s.l., 43°60'N 17°10'W, 10.vi.1990 Gerecke (0/2/0); Serbia : YU56 Šar Planina , Daganović , Straska Reka below Straza, 850 m a.s.l. , QC 14 72, 07.vi.1991 Gerecke (0/4/0); Macedonia : YU51 Jakupica Planina Mt. , Platiska Reka, stream 5 km of the village, QH 62 82, 05.vi.1991 Gerecke (0/1/0) ; YU52 Jakupica Planina Mt. , Platiska Reka, stream N of the village, QH 62 84, 05.vi.1991 Gerecke (0/1/0) .

Records from the study area: Serbia: Pešić (2003e); Bulgaria: K. Viets (1926), Arndt (1943), Petrova (1971).

Remarks: New for Montenegro and Macedonia.

Habitat: Crenophilous rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Europe.

Feltria (Feltria) brevipes brevipes Walter, 1907

New records: Croatia: Plitvice lakes area, middle part of the Bijela river, 28.iii.2007 Mičetić (1/0/0)

Records from the study area: Croatia: “ F. brevipes liburnica “ K. Viets (1936) ; Bulgaria: " F. rubra “ (err.) Angelov (1964), Petrova (1971).

Habitat: Crenophilous rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Europe.

Feltria (Feltria) brevipes drilonensis K.Viets

Records from the study area: Serbia: K. Viets (1936); Macedonia: Georgiev (1957).

Habitat: Crenophilous.

Distribution: Balkan.

Feltria (Feltria) cornuta Walter, 1927

New records: Bosnia and Hercegovina: YU71 Bitovnja , Nevra Potok (affluent Željeznica), 800 m a.s.l., YJ 36 61, 28.v.1990 Gerecke (1/0/0); Bulgaria: Bu flö40 Pirin , Banderitza valley , riparian helocrene below fish lake, 2185m, 06.viii.1966 Flöβner (0/1/0); Bu flö117 Rila Mt. , spring seep at SW slopes of Popenmutz above Suhoto-Ezero , 2250 m a.s.l., 01.viii.1966 Flöβner (0/1/0); Bulgaria: Bu flö129 Pirin , helocrene at the lowermost lake Vlachinsko , 2290 m a.s.l., 12.viii.1996 Flöβner (0/1/0); Bu flö130 Pirin , stream at the lowermost lake Vlachinsko , 2290 m a.s.l., 12.viii.1966 Flöβner (0/2/0); Bu flö131 Pirin , stony spring area at the lowermost Spanopolski lake , 2300m, 13.vii.1960 Flöβner (0/1/0); Bu flö23 Rila Mt., spring seep upstream from lake Skakavitsa, 2190 m a.s.l., 21.vii.1966 Flöβner (1/1/0) .

Records from the study area: Croatia: K. Viets (1936), Pešić (2002f); Bulgaria: Petrova (1976a).

Remarks: New for Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Habitat: Crenophilous.

Distribution: Europe.

Feltria (Feltria) longispina Motaş & Angelier, 1927

Records from the study area: Macedonia: “ F. cornuta longispina “ Stanković (1931, 1960 ), “ F. cornuta longispina “ Georgiev (1957) , Bader (1955), “ F. cornuta longispina “ Baker et al. (2008) .

Habitat: Crenophilous.

Distribution: Alps, Central Europe, Balkan.

Feltria (Feltria) cornuta paucipora Szalay, 1946

New records: Bulgaria: Sofia area, 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 (1/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (1999, 2004b).

Remarks: New for Bulgaria.

Habitat: Hyporheobiont.

Distribution: Iberian peninsula, Central and SE Europe.

Feltria minuta Koenike, 1892

New records: Bulgaria: Bu flö129 Pirin, helocrene at the lowermost lake Vlachinsko, 2290 m a.s.l., 12.viii.1996 Flöβner (0/1/0); Bu flö130 Pirin, stream at the lowermost lake Vlachinsko, 2290 m a.s.l., 12.viii.1966 Flöβner (1/2/0).

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Petrova (1971).

Habitat: Crenophilous, mostly in eucrenal, occasionally also in epirhithral.

Distribution: Holarctic.

Feltria (Feltria) rouxi Walter, 1907

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 Pešić (0/1/0); Macedonia: Skoplje region , Kisela voda near Rašča, 13.xi.1956 Georgiev & Petkovski (1/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Croatia: “ F. rouxi romijni “ K. Viets (1936) , Pešić (2002f). Macedonia: “ F. westfalica lychnida » K. Viets (1936) , “ F. westfalica lychnida “ Georgiev (1957) .

Remarks: New for Montenegro.

Habitat: Crenophilous, hyporheophilous; with preference for rheocrenes.

Distribution: Western Palaearctic except Scandinavia.

Feltria (Feltria) zschokkei Koenike, 1896

New records: Macedonia: YU51 Jakupica Planina Mt., Platiska Reka, stream 5 km of the village, QH 62 82, 05.vi.1991 Gerecke (1/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Montenegro: Pešić (1999, 2004a); Serbia: Pešić (2003d).

Remarks: New for Macedonia.

Habitat: Crenophilous; with preference for rheocrenes.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Feltria (Feltriella) rubra Piersig, 1898

New records: Bosnia and Hercegovina : YU4 Željeznica, between Fojnica and Bakovići (Ključ), 550 m a.s.l., YJ 34 69, 27.v.1990 Gerecke (0/1/0) ; Montenegro: YU32 Bjelasica Mt. , brook upstream Lubnice, 1300 m a.s.l., 42°40'N 17°23'W, 08.vi.1990 Gerecke (1/1/0) ; Macedonia: YU51 Jakupica Planina Mt. , Platiska Reka, stream 5 km of the village, QH 62 82, 05.vi.1991 Gerecke (1/0/0) .

Records from the study area: Croatia: “ Feltriella rubra “ K. Viets (1936) , Pešić (2002f); Montenegro: Pešić (1999).

Remarks: New for Bosnia and Hercegovina and Macedonia.

Habitat: Rhitrobiont.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Genus Azugofeltria Motaş et Tanasachi, 1948

Azugofeltria mira (Motaş et Tanasachi, 1948)

Records from the study area: Bulgaria: Petrova (1975).

Habitat: Hyporheobiont.

Distribution: Romania, Balkan.