Atractides (Atractides) inflatus ( Walter, 1925 )

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

Atractides (Atractides) inflatus ( Walter, 1925)

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja • Odemira, Ribeira de Seixe, Herdade do Vale de Águia , river, 37.398°N, 8.68°W, 75 m a.s.l., 23 May 2023, leg. Ekrem & Benitez-Bosco, 2 ♀ (sequenced) . Vila Real • Murça, Noura stream , 41.409°N, 7.417°W, 421 m a.s.l., 12 Jul. 2023 leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The specimens from Portugal used in this study match the description of A. inflatus , a species widely distributed in the Mediterranean region, often very frequent in intermittent streams ( Pešić et al. 2023 c). The Portuguese specimens were clustered within two BINs: BOLD: AFI 9009, which includes two specimens of A. inflatus from Italy, and BOLD: ACB 4677, which includes specimens of A. inflatus from Iran, Morocco, Montenegro, Turkey, Greece, France, and Italy. The p - distance between these two BINs was estimated at 6.06 %.

Distribution.

Mediterranean, Iran. New for Portugal.