A summarizing work on the earlier recorded oribatid mites from the Balkan Peninsula is presented. Several
additional new records are also given. Heminothrus targionii (Berlese, 1885) was found in the first time in Serbia and
Heminothrus thori (Berlese, 1904) is the first record for Montenegro. The present work lists 727 species from the Balkan
Peninsula; 107 species are recorded from Albania, 162 from Bosnia-Herzegovina, 349 from Bulgaria, 156 from Croatia, 246
from Greece, 154 from Macedonia, 84 from Montenegro, 102 from Serbia, 367 from Slovenia, 293 from Romania and 3 from
European part of Turkey
