Torrenticola (Torrenticola) barsica (Szalay, 1933)

Esen, Yunus & Pešić, Vladimir, 2024, Contributions to the knowledge of the water mite fauna (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia) of Türkiye with descriptions of two new species, Acarological Studies 6 (1), pp. 24-33 : 25

Torrenticola (Torrenticola) barsica (Szalay, 1933)

Materials examined: Elazığ province, Arıcak district, Akdağlar Mountain , low order streams, 38°37'56" N, 40°08'00" E, 2145 m a.s.l., 05.07.2018 , (5/12/2).

Records from Türkiye: Rize, Artvin ( Erman et al., 2010), Malatya ( Esen and Erman, 2012), Bingöl ( Esen and Erman, 2013), Erzincan (Esen et al., 2013), Çanakkale ( Gülle et al., 2014), Siirt ( Esen and Erman, 2015), Adıyaman ( Beyaz et al., 2016), Isparta ( Durucan and Boyacı, 2020).

Remarks: Recently Pešić et al. (2023) using molecular DNA barcoding techniques showed that T. barsica like specimens from southeastern Türkiye belongs to T. baueri Bader and Sepasgozarian, 1987 . The latter authors suggested the former records of T. barsica from Türkiye likely should be assigned to T. baueri .