The male ofAxonopsis (Paraxonopsis) danteisp. n. is described from material collected in the interstitial habitat of a small stony stream near Florence (Italy). The subgenusParaxonopsisMotas and Tanasachi is reported for the first time from Italy. A comparison was made with the other European species of the same subgenus (A.vietsiMotas and Tanasachi, 1947). Some observations on the distribution of the genusAxonopsisPiersig in Europe are also made.