Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) gracilis Piersig, 1903

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 : 354

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7383571
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scientific name	Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) gracilis Piersig, 1903
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Synonyms: Axonopsis gracilis ( Piersig, 1903) ; Axonopsis (Brachypodopsis) gracilis ( Piersig, 1903)

Type material: Females ( Piersig 1903), possibly not deposited in any scientific collection.

Type locality: Germany: Bohemian Forest , Mauth ; Kleine Mittweidastream , Ore Mountains, near Nitzschhammer ( Piersig 1903) .

Geographical distribution: Central and Southeastern Europe ( Gerecke et al. 2016; Szalay 1970).

Distribution in Portugal: Centre: Beira Alta, in Santa CombaDão( Lundblad 1956).

Ecological notes: The species lives at slow-moderate flowing streams, on sandy substrate, present in Carex spp. plants ( Lundblad 1956), in the plains (e.g. lakes), pools of low mountain ranges, as well as in the interstitial and groundwaters ( Gerecke et al. 2016; Szalay 1970).