Torrenticola (Torrenticola) tenuipalpis Lundblad, 1956

Pešić, Vladimir, Zawal, Andrzej, Ferreira, Sónia, Benitez-Bosco, Laura, Cruz-Oliveira, Ana, Girão, Dinis, Padilha, Adriana, Turaccio, Paolo, Rossini, Samantha, Ballini, Lorenzo, Staffoni, Giorgia, Fratini, Sara, Ciofi, Claudio, Iannucci, Alessio, Ekrem, Torbjørn & Stur, Elisabeth, 2024, DNA barcode library of Portuguese water mites, with the descriptions of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia), ZooKeys 1217, pp. 119-171 : 119-171

Torrenticola (Torrenticola) tenuipalpis Lundblad, 1956

Fig. 5 C

Material examined.

Portugal, Guarda • Gouveia, Rio Mondego, Casais de Folgosinho , 40.454°N, 7.493°W, 976 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced), dissected and slide mounted ( RMNH) .

Remarks.

The Portuguese specimen matches the description of Torrenticola tenuipalpis , a species originally described by Lundblad (1956) as a “ variatio ” of T. amplexa based on a single female collected in a stream in Santa Comba Dão, Portugal. Recently, Cantallo et al. (2022) ranked the latter taxon as a distinct species. The sequenced specimen from Portugal forms a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFV 2021) with the nearest neighboring BIN (p - distance 12.2 %) being BOLD: AFF 4076, which consists of a single specimen of T. ramini from Iran.

Distribution.

Portugal; known from Beira Alta ( Lundblad 1956).

Figures

Figure 5. A – C Photographs of dorsal shield A Torrenticola soniae sp. nov., ♂ holotype B T. elisabethae sp. nov., ♂ holotype C T. tenuipalpis, ♀ (BGE _ 00227 _ F 03) D – E Photographs of selected sampling sites D Praia Fluvial de Sabugueiro, locus typicus of Torrenticola soniae sp. nov. E Poço do Inferno, type locality of T. elisabethae sp. nov. Photographs by JC (5 D) and SF (5 E).