Limnesia (Limnesia) walteri Migot, 1926

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) walteri Migot, 1926

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja • Mértola, Corte do Pinto , 37.682°N, 7.512°W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 3 ♀ (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 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The sequenced specimens from Portugal form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFO 9873) with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ADZ 9059 (p - distance 1.6 %), which includes four unidentified Limnesia specimens from Morocco.

Distribution.

North Africa, including the Sahara desert, Russia, southwestern Europe from Portugal ( Lundblad 1956; Valdecasas 1988) to Greece ( Gerecke et al. 2016). In Portugal previously reported from Beira Alta ( Lundblad 1956).