Limnesia (Limnesia) iberica Lundblad, 1954

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

Limnesia (Limnesia) iberica Lundblad, 1954

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja • Mértola, São João dos Caldeireiros , stream, 37.626°N, 7.81°W, 17 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 3 ♂, 6 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The specimens from Portugal morphologically matches description of Limnesia iberica , a species originally described by Lundblad (1956) from a stream in Beira Alta (Santa Comba Dão, Portugal). The Portuguese specimens form a distinct BIN ( BOLD: AFN 8367) with the closest BIN being BOLD: ACA 9272, which includes specimens from Canada, United States, and Greece assigned to L. undulata , with the p - distance estimated at 14.29 %.

Distribution.

Portugal ( Lundblad 1954, 1956; this study).