Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) gracilis Piersig, 1903

Synonyms: Axonopsis gracilis (Piersig, 1903); Axonopsis (Brachypodopsis) gracilis (Piersig, 1903)

Type material: Females (Piersig 1903), possibly not deposited in any scientific collection.

Type locality: Germany: Bohemian Forest, Mauth; Kleine Mittweidastream, Ore Mountains, near Nitzschhammer (Piersig 1903) .

Geographical distribution: Central and Southeastern Europe (Gerecke et al. 2016; Szalay 1970).

Distribution in Portugal: Centre: Beira Alta, in Santa CombaDão(Lundblad 1956).

Ecological notes: The species lives at slow-moderate flowing streams, on sandy substrate, present in Carex spp. plants (Lundblad 1956), in the plains (e.g. lakes), pools of low mountain ranges, as well as in the interstitial and groundwaters (Gerecke et al. 2016; Szalay 1970).