Oxus (Oxus) lusitanicus Lundblad, 1954

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

Oxus (Oxus) lusitanicus Lundblad, 1954

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 ♀, 1 deutonymph (sequenced) . Beja • Mértola, Moinho de Alferes 2 , 37.503°N, 7.687°W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (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 ♂, 1 ♀ (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 examined specimens match the description of Oxus lusitanicus , a species originally described by Lundblad (1954) based on a single male collected in Côa River in Portugal. The specimens from Portugal used in this study for molecular analysis form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFX 3224) with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ACL 5934, which includes specimens of unidentified Oxus sp. from Canada, with the p - distance estimated at 14.34 %.

Distribution.

Portugal previously recorded from Beira Alta ( Lundblad 1956).