taxonID	type	description	language	source
03A087D80D1FB2110239FD45FE6CFE15.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Bosnia and Herzegovina: RS 12 Sipovo, canyon of the Sokocnica river, 10.08.2001, leg. Pesic (1 / 0 / 0).	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1FB2110239FD45FE6CFE15.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Protzia halberti is a well­defined species. A combination of diagnostic characters is: the medial margins of Cx­ 3 and Cx­ 4 on the same level, genital flaps present as straight sclerified strips (Fig. 1); P­ 2 medially with two pennate dorsodistal setae (Fig. 3); total length of palp 370 ­ 420 in males, 410 ­ 470 in females; caudal Ac long (length> 39 µm, ratio length / width 1.3 ­ 1.8); chelicera robust (ratio L / H 4.1 ­ 4.5, rarely up to 4.9); leg claws with 5 ­ 9 (in most cases> 6, see Fig. 2) medial clawlets (Gerecke, 1996 a). In Table 1 the measurements of the specimen from Bosnia are given.	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1FB2110239FD45FE6CFE15.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Ireland, Central Europe, Balkan. First record of the species in the Balkan peninsula.	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1CB2170239FDBFFB75FDCE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material: Holotype: male, dissected and slide mounted in Hoyer's fluid; Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro: CG 116 Durmitor, stream near village Tepca, in Fagus forest, 760 m asl., 29.07.2002, leg. Pesic. Paratypes: 2 males, 1 female, same data as holotype, 1 male and 1 female of them dissected and slide mounted in Hoyer's fluid.	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1CB2170239FDBFFB75FDCE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Characters of the rotunda species group (Gerecke, 1996 b); leg claws with 3 ­ 4 Lcl and 5 Mcl; genital field with low Ac number (males: 18 ­ 20, female: 22), CAc elongate (L> 60 in both sexes, ratio L / W 1.9 ­ 2.1 in male, 2.2 in female), chelicera (Fig. 10) slender (ratio L / H 5.2 ­ 5.8).	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1CB2170239FDBFFB75FDCE.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype, measurements of paratype are given in Table 1): Idiosoma 823 in length and 592 in width, Cx­ 1 + 2 L 260, Cx­ 3 + 4 L 238; leg claws with 4 Lcl and 5 Mcl (Fig. 6); genital field with 20 Ac; CAc L 77, CAc W 36, ratio L / W 2.14; CAc stalk L 32, ratio stalk L / L of CAc 0.42; genital flaps reduced to a very faint setae – bearing sclerotized strip (Fig. 5); ejaculatory complex L 177, without particular features (Fig. 9); gnathosoma L 234, chelicera L 257, ratio basal segment / claw 2.9, ratio L / H 5.8; palp: total L 357, dorsal length and L / H ratio (in parentheses) of palp segments: P­ 1 23 (0.46), P­ 2 96 (1.82), P­ 3 48 (0.74), P­ 4 146 (3.62), P­ 5 44 (2.54); relative length [% of total length] of palp segments: P­ 1 6.5, P­ 2 26.9, P­ 3 13.5, P­ 4 40.9, P­ 5 12.3; L ratio P­ 2 / P­ 4 0.66. Female (for all measurements, see Tab. 1): Idiosoma 1282 in length and 859 in width, Cx­ 1 + 2 L 304, W 231, L / W ratio 1.31, Cx­ 3 + 4 L 280; leg claws as in male.	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1CB2170239FDBFFB75FDCE.taxon	discussion	Discussion: Due to the character combination of genital flaps present as straight sclerified strips, chelicera with weak claw (ratio basal segment / claw 2.9), Cx­ 1 + 2 plates with obtuse­angled mediocaudal margin and higher number of setae, caudal Ac longish (length> 25 µm, ratio length / width> 1.1), stalk length 20 ­ 37 and P­ 4 more stocky (ratio length / height> 2.9), Protzia durmitoris nov. sp. is most similar to Protzia halberti (Walter, 1920), Protzia rotunda Walter, 1908, and Protzia cf. rotunda sensu Gerecke, 1996 b. From P. halberti (in parentheses [the measurements of Gerecke, 1996 a are given]), P. durmitoris nov. sp. differs in the following character combination: more slender chelicerae, ratio L / H 5.7 ­ 5.8 in male, 5.2 in female (ratio L / H 4.1 ­ 4.5, rarely up to 4.9 [in population from Savoie­France]), P­ 2 medially with one pennate dorsodistal setae (two in P. h a l b e r t i), leg claws with five medial clawlets (5 ­ 9 in most cases> 6). The number of medial clawlets, considerably overlaps values in populations of P. halberti from Savoie (5 ­ 6). This population fits well the diagnostic character combination and the variability ranges given for P. halberti by Gerecke (1996 a), but differs from typical P. h a l b e r t i populations by the fewer number of Mcl (5 ­ 6), and a more slender chelicera (ratio L / H 4.5 ­ 4.9). Protzia durmitoris nov. sp., (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 = male; 11 = female): 5 = coxae and genital field; 6 = leg claws; 7 = palp, lateral view; 8 = palp, medial view; 9 = ejaculatory complex; 10 = chelicera; 11 = genital field. Scale bars = 0.1 mm. Compared with P. ro t u n d a (in parentheses [from Gerecke, 1996 b]), P. durmitoris nov. sp. differs clearly in much longer CAc, L> 60 in both sexes, L / W ratio 1.9 ­ 2.1 in male, 2.2 in female (L <30, L / W ratio 1.1 ­ 1.5 in both sexes), and the more slender chelicera, ratio L / H 5.2 ­ 5.8 (4.7 ­ 5.3). Furhermore, P. durmitoris nov. sp. differs from P. cf. rotunda (in parentheses [from Gerecke, 1996 b]), in the lower number of Mcl (7 ­ 13 in most cases 9 ­ 10), and a lower ratio stalk L / L of CAc, <0.7 (ratio stalk L / L of CAc> 0.7).	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1CB2170239FDBFFB75FDCE.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species is named after the nature reserve where the species was found.	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1CB2170239FDBFFB75FDCE.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology: Rhitral; 760 m asl.	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1CB2170239FDBFFB75FDCE.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Serbia and Montenegro; only known from the locus typicus.	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
03A087D80D1AB2150239FD67FBD3FE45.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Bulgaria: BG 8 Southern Pirin, the higher part of Kalimanska river near village Vodenica, 600 m asl., 16.08.2002, leg. Pesic (1 / 0 / 0). Characters P. durmitoris nov. sp P. halberti P. cf. rotunda Paratyp, male Paratyp, female male male Remarks: Generally, e. g. with regard to the variability of idiosoma, ejaculatory complex, ratio CAc L / W, and ratio stalk L / L of CAc, populations of Protzia cf. rotunda s ensu Gerecke, agree well with the « typical » populations of P. ro t u n d a. The specimen from Bulgaria is assigned to P. cf. rotunda and differs from typical of the P. rotunda due to the higher number of medial clawlets, 7 ­ 8 (5 ­ 6 in P. ro t u n d a; in specimens of P. cf. rotunda from Southern Italy, 7 ­ 13, in most cases 9 ­ 10 [from Gerecke, 1996 b]).	en	Pesic, Vladimir M. (2003): Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 216: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157075
