Animalia Hydrachnidia Pionidae PešićVladimirZawalAndrzejFerreiraSóniaBenitez-BoscoLauraCruz-OliveiraAnaGirãoDinisPadilhaAdrianaTuraccioPaoloRossiniSamanthaBalliniLorenzoStaffoniGiorgiaFratiniSaraCiofiClaudioIannucciAlessioEkremTorbjørnSturElisabethDNA barcode library of Portuguese water mites, with the descriptions of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia)Zookeys31102024121711917110.3897/zookeys.1217.131730 1FDFC7D0-90C8-529E-9159-1AACA93BAE4F Tiphys torris (Müller, 1776)Material examined.

Portugal, Beja • Odemira, Ribeira de Seixe, Zambujeira do Mar, 37.399°N, 8.723°W, 45 m a.s.l., 23 May 2023, leg. Ekrem & Benitez-Bosco, 1♀ (sequenced). Guarda • Seia, Rio Alva, Nossa Senhora do Desterro, river, 40.395°N, 7.694°W, 791 m a.s.l., 23 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1♂ (sequenced); • Seia, Rio Alva, Praia Fluvial de Sabugueiro, river, 40.401°N, 7.64°W, 1021 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1♀ (sequenced).

Remarks.

The sequenced specimens from Portugal form a unique BIN (BOLD:AFP3352) with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD:ACR9977 (p-distance 1.92%), which includes one specimen from the Netherlands assigned to T.torris and three specimens from Norway assigned to T.lapponicus.

Distribution.

Europe. In Portugal previously reported from Estremadura (Lundblad 1956).

LundbladO (1956) Zur Kenntnis süd- und mitteleuropäischer Hydrachnellen.Arkiv för Zoologi10: 1–306.