Monatractides (Monatractides) stadleri (Walter, 1924)

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

Monatractides (Monatractides) stadleri (Walter, 1924)

Material examined.

Portugal, Faro • Monchique, Ribeira de Seixe, Parque do Barranco dos Pisões , stream, 37.333°N, 8.567°W, 23 May 2023, leg. Ekrem & Benitez-Bosco, 1 ♀ (sequenced) . 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) ; • Seia, Rio Alva, Central hidroelétrica de Ponte dos Jugais , river, 40.385°N, 7.706°W, 555 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 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, Casa do Loureiro , 40.433°N, 7.701°W, 415 m a.s.l., 19 July 2023 leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1 ♀ (juv.) (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The females used in this study for molecular analysis were clustered within BOLD: AEU 1504, which includes two specimens of M. stadleri from Belgium, one specimen from Spain (identified as Torrenticola sp. , deposited in Taxus Medio Ambiente, Spain), and one specimen recently collected from the stream in Beja Province and assigned to M. stadleri by Pešić et al. (2023 b).

Distribution.

Europe. In Portugal previously reported from Corgo da Ponte Quebrada, Beja ( Pešić et al. 2023 b).