A new species of Torrenticola ungeri complex (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae), and new water mite records for Portugal

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Authors: VLADIMIR M. PESIC, Dinis Girão, Chiara Vergata, Luís P. Da Silva, Sónia Ferreira
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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

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Journal / source
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Publication date
19 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset