Hygrobates turcicus Pešić, Esen & Dabert, 2017

Pešić, Vladimir, Mumladze, Levan & Zawal, Andrzej, 2023, New records and first DNA barcodes of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Georgia, Ecologica Montenegrina 67, pp. 91-100 : 96

Hygrobates turcicus Pešić, Esen & Dabert, 2017

Material examined — GEORGIA, Kvirila River , 42.0994° N, 43.0799° E, 175 m asl., 21 Jun. 2013 leg. Shubitidze & Nozadze, 1♂ (sequenced; voucher ID: CCDB 41822 D09) .

Remarks — The sequenced specimen from Georgia falls in BIN ( BOLD: AET 3807) which includes one specimen from Russia (see Klimov et al. 2022) morphologically assigned to H. turcicus . The p -distance between the latter BIN and its nearest neighbour, BOLD:ADX1364, with some 50 specimens of H. turcicus from Türkiye, Bulgaria and Greece the BOLD database, is estimated at 4.17%. New to the fauna of Georgia.

Habitat in Georgia — Medium-sized river with a stony bottom and extensive limestone.