Limnesia (Limnesia) acuminata Walter, 1925

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) acuminata Walter, 1925

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja • Mértola, Moinho de Alferes 1 , 37.502°N, 7.69°W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♂ (sequenced) . Bragança: • Mirandela, Torre de Dona Chama , 41.665°N, 7.146°W, 256 m a.s.l., 13 Jul. 2023, leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The Portuguese specimens match the description of L. acuminata . Genetic data indicate that specimens from Portugal form a unique cluster ( BOLD: AFU 7587).

Distribution.

Western Mediterranean (Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Sardinia, Sicily, north Africa). In Portugal previously reported from Beira Alta, Alentejo, and Estremadura ( Lundblad 1956).