Lebertia pusilla Koenike, 1911

Pesic, Vladimir, Jovanovic, Milica, Espiridiao Oliveira, Amalia, Pedro, Ana, Freira, Marvin & Morais, Maria Manuela, 2023, New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Portugal revealed by DNA barcoding, with the description of Atractides marizae sp. nov., ZooKeys 1151, pp. 205-222 : 205

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1151.100766
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scientific name	Lebertia pusilla Koenike, 1911
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Material examined.

Portugal, Santarém, Caniceira stream, 39.4110°N, 8.2615°W, 25.v.2022, leg. Jovanović, 2♂, 4♀, 2♀ sequenced (Table 1 View Table 1 ) GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

The Portuguese specimens molecularly analyzed in this study match the description of L. pusilla , a species widely distributed in the Palaearctic ( Di Sabatino et al. 2010). They share the presence of only one short swimming seta on II-L-5 and two or three swimming setae on anterior IV-L-5. It is likely that the lineage from Portugal represents a cryptic species, with a p -distance of 9.39-9.79% to the nearest sequence (NLACA493-15) of L. pusilla from the Netherlands.

Distribution.

Europe.