| abstract | The specimens included under the name of H. apenninorum (Berlese,1906) in the Berlese collection in Florence are reviewed and a lectotype for H. apenninorum is designated. Five new species, H. cornutus sp.n., H. crassistosus n.sp., H. digitiformis sp.n.; H. ellipticus sp.n., H. gibber sp.n. are described and H. cultriger (Berlese, 1906) is redescribed, all from material from Italy and Spain. The characteristics of a new species group mallorcae is given. |