DNA barcode library of Portuguese water mites, with the descriptions of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

By

Pesic, 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 1973-
Stur, Elisabeth

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1217

Pages

119--171

Subjects

Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) , DNA barcoding , Iberian Peninsula , integrative taxonomy , Portugal , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1217.131730

 

Abstract

This study presents the first results from the analysis of water mites collected in Portugal as part of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe project. 307 COI DNA barcodes clustered into 75 BINs are provided, with 38 BINs being unique and deposited for the first time in the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD). 65 species have been identified, of which 36 are new to the water mite fauna of Portugal. Two species, Torrenticola soniae Pešić, sp. nov. and T. elisabethae Pešić, sp. nov. (Torrenticolidae), are described as new to science. 47% of the water mite species currently known from Portugal now have reference barcodes in BOLD. High intraspecific distances were recorded for some species, suggesting the presence of cryptic diversity and species complexes that needs further study. Our results improve the DNA barcode reference database for Portuguese water mites, enhancing species identification accuracy and stimulating future investigation.