A new species of Torrenticola ungeri complex (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae), and new water mite records for Portugal
Abstract
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Pešić, Vladimir, Girão, Dinis, Vergata, Chiara, Da Silva, Luís P., Ferreira, Sónia (2025): A new species of Torrenticola ungeri complex (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae), and new water mite records for Portugal. Zootaxa 5717 (1): 1-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.1AbstractA new species belonging to the Torrenticola ungeri complex, T. galaica sp. nov., is described from northwestern Portugal. It differs from other closely related congeners by its roundish idiosoma, distinctive dorsal shield shape and color pattern, and divergent DNA barcode sequences. Additionally, Torrenticola ungeri disparilis Walter, 1947, previously synonymized with T. ungeri ungeri (Szalay, 1927), is resurrected as a valid subspecies. New faunistic data from Portugal based on DNA barcoding are presented, with six species recorded for the first time for Portugal.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Study of Mite Species
Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Publication date
- 19 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset