Atractides (s. str.) subasper Koenike, 1902 (Figs 25 I-L; 31 A-C) Material examined: Sardegna: I TG 15-01a, 1/0/0; I TG 20-01a,b,d, 2/2/0; Sicilia: All parts except for Peloritani; I 46, 0/1/0; I 133, 1/1/0; I 165 a, 0/1/0; I 168, 0/1/0; I 177, 2/2/0; I 178, 1/0/0; I 179, 5/4/0; I 181, 0/0/1; I 187, 0/4/8; I 188, 0/3/3; I 193, 4/2/0; I 218, 0/1/0; I 297, 15/23/0; I 298, 3/4/0; I 302, 2/2/0 slide; I 484, 1/0/1 slide; I 485, 1/1/0 slide. 20 sites, 103 specimens. Previously published records from Italy: Sardegna (Gerecke 2014b); Sicilia (Gerecke 2003). Habitat: Rhithrobiont. Medium order streams, preferably at low altitude, 60-810 m. Distribution. Central and Southern Europe. So far, no records from southern continental Italy.

Published as part of Gerecke, Reinhard, 2021, The water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in Italy, pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 5009 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5009.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5157635