Arrenurus (Arrenurus) albator (Müller, 1776)

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

Arrenurus (Arrenurus) albator (Müller, 1776)

Material examined.

Portugal, Guarda: • Gouveia, Ribeira da Fervença, Barragem do Vale do Rossim , 40.4°N, 7.589°W, 1418 m a.s.l., 22 Aug. 2023 leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Padilha, Andrade & Stur, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (sequenced) ; • Gouveia, Ribeira do Covão do Urso, Barragem do Lagoacho , 40.385°N, 7.618°W, 1438 m a.s.l., 22 Aug. 2023 leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Padilha, Andrade & Stur, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The examined specimens from Portugal cluster within BOLD: ACR 9639, which includes one specimen of Arrenurus albator from the Netherlands, available in the BOLD database.

Distribution.

Western Palaearctic. In Portugal previously reported from Beira Alta ( Lundblad 1956).