Sperchon milisai Pesic 2022
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Džordža Vašingtona b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
- 2. Faculty of Fisheries, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Türkiye
- 3. Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Center of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71 - 415 Szczecin, Poland
- 4. Institute of Biology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71 - 415 Szczecin, Poland
Description
Sperchon milisai Pešić, 2022
Material examined. Türkiye: Trabzon Province, Çaykara, Çataklı Stream, Uzungöl Lake Basin, 40.76722° N, 40.25611° E, 19 Oct. 2024, leg. Pešić, Zawal, BaytaŞoğlu, Kumru & Bayçelebi 0/1/0 (barcoded).
Remarks. The examined specimen from Trabzon used in this study for molecular analysis matches the description of Sperchon milisai, a species previously known only from the Western Balkans (Pešić et al. 2025c). The molecularly studied specimens from eastern Türkiye form a unique BIN (BOLD:AGO5836), with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD:AGG3937, which includes a single specimen of S. milisai from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The p - distance between these two BINs was estimated at 4.65%.As emphasized by Pešić (2022), it is likely that, due to the unsclerotized excretory pore, females of S. milisai were previously confused with S. clupeifer, a species frequently reported from streams in Europe and Türkiye (Erman et al. 2010; Pešić et al. 2025c). Males of S. clupeifer, however, can be readily distinguished by their dorsal shield, more slender palps (P-4 L/H ratio>5.5), and differently shaped ejaculatory complex (see Pešić 2022).
Distribution: Western Balkan (Montenegro, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Pešić et al. 2025c). New for Türkiye.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2024-10-19
- Verbatim event date
- 2024-10-19
- Scientific name authorship
- Pesic
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Family
- Sperchontidae
- Genus
- Sperchon
- Species
- milisai
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sperchon milisai Pesic, 2022 sec. Pešić, Bayçelebi, Zawal, Bańkowska, Jovanović, Kumru, Baytaşoğlu & Kalayci, 2026
References
- Pesic, V., Bankowska, A., Goldschmidt, T., Harsaker, K., Jovanovic, M., Kaitetzidou, E., Krakowiak, M., Kozlowska, A., Michaloudi, E., Michonski, G., Milisa, M., Pozojevic, I., Rewicz, T., Rusiniak, O., Sobolak, K., Szucko, I., Stryjecki, R., Stur, E., Szlauer-Lukaszewska, A., Szenejko, M. & Zawal, A. (2025 c) Checklist of water mites from the Balkan Peninsula: second supplement, new DNA barcodes and description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5676 (1), 1-74. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5676.1.1
- Erman, O., Pesic, V., Esen, Y. & Ozkan, M. (2010) A checklist of the water mites of Turkey (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 2624 (1), 1-48. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2624.1.1