| abstract | This survey of the distribution of the water mite species (Acari. Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) of the genus Atractides Koch in Iran is based on all published data so far and numerous new records. Five new species are described, viz. Atractides markaziensis Pešić, A. mossahebii Pešić, A. mirkopesici Pešić, A. gereckei Pešić, and A. nikooae Pešić; a first description is given for the male of Atractides cf. lunipes Lundblad, 1956; a redescription are given for Atractides baderi Schwoerbel & Sepasgozarian, 1976, Atractides nahavandii Schwoerbel & Sepasgozarian, 1976, and Atractides fluviatilis (Szalay, 1929); first records from Iran are given for Atractides acutirostris (Motas & C. Angelier, 1927), A. robustus (Sokolow, 1940) and A. inflatus (Walter, 1925) |