| abstract | Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 are among the most frequently found mites in running waters of the Western Palaearctic. In the present study, new records are given for two previously described species, and six species new to science are described from Kyrgyzstan, i.e., Atractides bellus n. sp., A. karakali n. sp., A. kyrgyzicus n. sp., A. tienshanensis n. sp., A. ivanae n. sp. and A. yunusi n. sp. All material was collected in August 2013 during a collecting trip of the authors. |