Oxus (Oxus) cf. angustipositus K. Viets, 1908

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1217.131730

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:921FBCB0-D6B1-4E61-80F2-DE30167984B0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14019426

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/09B3B135-ED7B-5F2F-9136-69371DF28061

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scientific name

Oxus (Oxus) cf. angustipositus K. Viets, 1908
status

 

Oxus (Oxus) cf. angustipositus K. Viets, 1908

Material examined.

Portugal, Guarda: • Manteigas, Casa do Cantoneiro , 40.418°N, 7.603°W, 1378 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 2 ♂ (sequenced) GoogleMaps ; • Manteigas, Poço do Inferno , 40.373°N, 7.516°W, 1078 m a.s.l., 21 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

The examined specimens cluster within BOLD: AET 9442, which includes specimens from Portugal assigned by Pešić et al. (2023 b) to Oxus cf. angustipositus . As emphasized by Pešić et al. (2023 b) taxonomic revision of the O. angustipositus complex is required for identifying possibly undescribed cryptic species.

Distribution.

Europe. In Portugal previously reported from Porto ( Pešić et al. 2023 b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Oxidae

Genus

Oxus