Lebertia (Pilolebertia) porosa, Thor, 1900

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

Lebertia (Pilolebertia) porosa aggr. sp.

Material examined.

Portugal, Guarda: • Seia, Rio Alva, Praia Fluvial de Sabugueiro , river, 40.401°N, 7.64°W, 1021 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) ; • 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 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced) ; • Manteigas, Poio do Leão , 40.399°N, 7.541°W, 734 m a.s.l., 22 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) ; • Manteigas, Zêzere, Ponte dos Frades , 40.403°N, 7.526°W, 672 m a.s.l., 22 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Padilha, Andrade & Stur, 1 ♀ (sequenced) ; • Seia, Rio Alva, Praia fluvial de Vila Cova a Coelheira , river, 40.379°N, 7.736°W, 312 m a.s.l., 23 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) ; • Seia, Rio Alva, Nossa Senhora do Desterro , river, 40.395°N, 7.694°W, 791 m a.s.l., 23 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 deutonymph (sequenced) . Bragança: • Mirandela, Torre de Dona Chama , 41.665°N, 7.146°W, 256 m a.s.l., 13 Jul. 2023, leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1 deutonymph (sequenced) ; • Vinhais, Gasparona , 41.85°N, 7.013°W, 693 m a.s.l., 6 Jul. 2023, leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1 deutonymph (sequenced) . Porto • Lousada, Moinho da Tapada , 41.263°N, 8.307°W, 178 m a.s.l., 1 Sep. 2023, Ferreira, Sousa, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The sequenced specimens from Portugal clustered within BOLD: ACS 0974, which includes porosa - like specimens from different parts of Europe, except Fennoscandia, available in BOLD. In the phylogenetic tree, the BIN is positioned as a sister clade of L. porosa as defined by Tyukosova et al. (2022). The latter species was recently redefined by Tyukosova et al. (2022) based on the specimens from the type locality that were shown to belong to BOLD: ACQ 9049. The taxonomic status of L. porosa like species of BOLD: ACS 0974 needs to be clarified by resolving taxonomic status of numerous species listed as synonyms in Gerecke (2009). As emphasized by Gerecke et al. (2022), a more extensive study of L. porosa complex is needed to establish a stable taxonomy for this group.

Distribution.

As this species has been widely overlooked with other species of L. porosa complex, the geographical distribution of L. porosa like species of BOLD: ACS 0974 can be defined only on the basis of the records available in BOLD.