DNA barcode insight into the diversity of water mites from eastern Türkiye, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

This study presents the molecular and morphological results from an analysis of water mites collected in eastern Türkiye. We provide 26 COI barcodes clustered into 17 BINs, most of them unique and deposited for the first time in the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD). The first DNA barcodes for seven water mite species are uploaded into the BOLD database. In total, 17 water mite species were identified; one species, Hydrodroma turcica sp. nov. (Hydrodromidae), is described as new to science; Hydrovolzia persica Bader and Sepasgozarian 1979, a species previously synonymized with H. cancellata Walter, 1906, is resurrected as a valid species.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:98F480AC-4650-4505-A078-499A3BACED4B