Unionicola (Hexatax) minor (Soar, 1900)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1217.131730
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:921FBCB0-D6B1-4E61-80F2-DE30167984B0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14019525
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DEA57F1D-1E51-56DA-9830-020EBA476700
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Unionicola (Hexatax) minor (Soar, 1900)
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Treatment

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja: • Mértola, São João dos Caldeireiros , stream, 37.626°N, 7.81°W, 17 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♀ (one palp dissected and slide mounted, RMNH) GoogleMaps ; • Mértola, Moinho de Alferes 2 , 37.503°N, 7.687°W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♀ (sequenced) GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

Specimens keying to U. minor in Gerecke et al. (2016) have DNA barcodes that cluster in unique BIN ( BOLD: AFO 2171).

Distribution.

Widespread in Europe, here reported for the first time for Portugal.