Todothyas (Acerbitas) barbigera (Viets, 1908)

Cantallo, Harold, Gomes, Nuno, Antunes, Carlos, Martins, Duarte & Costa, Dimítri De Araújo, 2022, Checklist of water mites from mainland Portugal and its archipelagos, Zootaxa 5213 (4), pp. 336-370 : 345

Todothyas (Acerbitas) barbigera (Viets, 1908)

Synonyms: Thyas barbigera Viets, 1908 ; Todothyas incerta (Lundblad, 1941) (original designation)

Type material: Holotype deposited at SMNH ( Di Sabatino et al. 2009)

Type locality: Portugal, Madeira Island ( Di Sabatino et al. 2009)

Geographical distribution: Holarctic distribution ( Di Sabatino et al. 2009)

Distribution in Portugal: Azores, Madeira (Bica da Cana) ( Di Sabatino et al. 2009)

Ecological notes: Larval host on culicid midges with high dispersal capacity ( Di Sabatino et al. 2009).

Remarks: This species is synonymous with T. barbigera ( Di Sabatino et al. 2009) since Lundblad only relied on a deuteronymph to describe the species knowing its similarity.