Tiphys torris (Müller, 1776)

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

Tiphys torris (Müller, 1776)

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja • Odemira, Ribeira de Seixe, Zambujeira do Mar , 37.399°N, 8.723°W, 45 m a.s.l., 23 May 2023, leg. Ekrem & Benitez-Bosco, 1 ♀ (sequenced) . Guarda • Seia, Rio Alva, Nossa Senhora do Desterro , river, 40.395°N, 7.694°W, 791 m a.s.l., 23 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♂ (sequenced) ; • Seia, Rio Alva, Praia Fluvial de Sabugueiro , river, 40.401°N, 7.64°W, 1021 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The sequenced specimens from Portugal form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFP 3352) with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ACR 9977 (p - distance 1.92 %), which includes one specimen from the Netherlands assigned to T. torris and three specimens from Norway assigned to T. lapponicus .

Distribution.

Europe. In Portugal previously reported from Estremadura ( Lundblad 1956).