Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) clupeifer Piersig, 1896

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

Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) clupeifer Piersig, 1896

Material examined.

Portugal, Guarda • Gouveia, Rio Mondego, Casais de Folgosinho , 40.454°N, 7.493°W, 976 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♂ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The single male from Portugal used in this study for molecular analysis matches the description of S. clupeifer . This specimen forms a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFX 0389). The p - distance to its nearest neighboring BIN ( BOLD: ACS 1100), which includes specimens of S. clupeifer from the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Austria, and Italy, was estimated at 7.06 %.

Distribution.

Western Palaearctic. In Portugal previously reported from Fonte Fria in Mealhada (Buçaco Mountain; Lundblad 1956).