Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) globator (Müller, 1776)

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

Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) globator (Müller, 1776)

Material examined.

Portugal: Beja: • Mértola, São Sebastião dos Carros , 37.598°N, 7.754°W, 21 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced) ; • Mértola, Ribeira de Carreiras, São Miguel do Pinheiro , 37.552°N, 7.85°W, 21 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (sequenced) ; • Moinho de Alferes 1 , 37.502°N, 7.69°W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The sequenced specimens from Portugal form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFO 3503) with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ACS 0765, which includes 34 specimens from the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and North Macedonia partially assigned to A. globator or A. tubulator . The p - distance between these two BINs was estimated at 5.45 %.

Distribution.

Palaearctic. In Portugal previously reported from Alentejo ( Lundblad 1956).