Hexaxonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) romijni (K. Viets, 1923)

Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, Harry, Girão, Dinis, Iannucci, Alessio, Stur, Elisabeth & Ferreira, Sónia, 2024, New records of aturid water mites from Portugal, with the integrative description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Aturidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 80, pp. 209-219 : 217

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.80.19
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F1F9115F-7FB0-4B78-A5C1-83F26798CA5A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14653233
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scientific name	Hexaxonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) romijni (K. Viets, 1923)
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Material examined — Portugal, Bragança, Mirandela, Torre de Dona Chama , 41.665°N, 7.146°W, 256 m asl., 13 Jul. 2023 leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1♂ (sequenced), dissected and slide mounted ( RMNH) GoogleMaps .

Remarks — The Portuguese specimen molecularly analyzed in this study keys out as Hexaxonopsis romijni with the key of Gerecke et al. (2016). This specimen forms a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFW 0017). In the phylogenetic tree, the BIN is positioned as a sister clade of H. serrata from Montenegro.

Distribution — Western and central Europe ( Pešić et al. 2010; Gerecke et al. 2016); Turkey ( Esen et al. 2011). New for Portugal.