TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Two new species from the Hygrobates nigromaculatus-complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence
VL  - 60
IS  - 4
SP  - 753
EP  - 768
PY  - 2020
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Pešić, Vladimir
AU  - Jovanović, Milica
AU  - Manović, Ana
AU  - Zawal, Andrej
AU  - Bańkowska, Aleksandra
AU  - Broda, Łukasz
AU  - Martin, Peter
AU  - Dabert, Miroslawa
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20204400
DO  - 10.24349/acarologia/20204400
DA  - 2020-10-20
ET  - 2020-10-20
KW  - water mites
KW  - DNA-barcoding
KW  - species delimitation
KW  - new species
KW  - running waters
KW  - Montenegro
KW  - Macedonia
AB  - We analyse the taxonomic structure of the Hygrobates nigromaculatus-complex from the Balkan Peninsula. We describe two new species: Hygrobates lacrima Pešić sp. nov. (Montenegro) and H. limnocrenicus Pešić sp. nov. (Montenegro, North Macedonia). Although both species are morphologically similar, the average K2P-distance between DNA-barcode sequences from H. limnocrenicus sp. nov. and its closest relative H. setosus was 12.43% (SD = 1.47), and between H. lacrima sp. nov. and its closest relative H. nigromaculatus 15.87% (SD = 1.74). The new species exhibit distinct differences in terms of habitat preference: H. lacrima sp. nov. inhabits pools and shallow eddies along faster flowing waters, whereas H. limnocrenicus sp. nov. prefers deeper, fast flowing water, typically found in the outflow of a limnocrenic springs or lake outlets. The finding of these two new species suggests that efforts to investigate mites of the H. nigromaculatus-complex in the Balkans should be intensified. 
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