Erythraeus italicus Berlese, 1920 is redescribed basing on five specimens from Berlese Acaroteca deposited in Firenze, Italy. Specimen labelled as ‘Coll. Berlese Erythraeus italicus Berl. rotto Sn Vincenzo - Pisa sett. 1920 stoppie’ and registered in the collection as ‘212/40’ is designated as lectotype and four other specimens are designated as paralectotypes. Diagnosis and description are supplemented with illustrations and standard measurements, not considered in original description. Differentiating diagnoses comprise ten other species known from postlarval forms, and satisfactorily described in literature, which have been considered as related to E. italicus.