New records of aturid water mites from Portugal, with the integrative description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Aturidae)
In this paper, three species of the water mite family Aturidae collected in Portugal were identified using an integrative approach that combines morphology and DNA barcodes. Parabrachypoda lusitanica sp. nov. is described as new for science. Two species, Hexaxonopsis romijni (K. Viets, 1923) and Woolastookia rotundifrons (K. Viets, 1922) are reported for the first time for the water mite fauna of Portugal.
Authors
- Harry Smit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0376-6808)
- Sónia Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-3966)
- Alessio Iannucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-4412)
- Elisabeth Stur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7796-8026)
- Vladimir Pešić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9724-345X)
- Dinis Girão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4842-0721)
Institutions
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Museums Victoria (AU)
- University of Florence (IT)
- University of Montenegro (ME)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecologica Montenegrina
- Published
- 2024-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.80.19
- Primary Topic
- Study of Mite Species
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- Universidade do Porto
- Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation