Lebertia (Pilolebertia) algeriensis Lundblad, 1942

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) algeriensis Lundblad, 1942

Material examined.

Portugal, 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; Table 1 ) ; • 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 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The Portuguese specimens molecularly analyzed in this study match the description of Lebertia algeriensis . Genetic data indicate that all examined specimens form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFV 0271), and the closest neighboring BIN is that of L. inaequalis ( BOLD: AEF 5683) from North Macedonia. The p - distance between these two BINs was estimated at 4.53 %.

Distribution.

Palaearctic. Gerecke (2009) mentioned that several published records of L. inaequalis (Koch, 1837) from the Mediterranean region could refer to similar L. longiseta or L. algeriensis . New for Portugal.