Lebertia (Pilolebertia) insignis Neuman, 1880

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) insignis Neuman, 1880

Material examined.

Portugal, Guarda: • 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) ; • 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) . Porto, • Lousada, Moinho da Tapada , 41.263°N, 8.307°W, 178 m a.s.l., 1 Sep. 2023, Ferreira, Sousa, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The sequenced specimens from Portugal clustered within two BINs, BOLD: AEB 9107, which includes specimens of L. insignis from Norway, Montenegro, Poland and Slovakia, and the unique BOLD: AFW 6960, which includes one specimen from this study collected in Rio Alva in Guarda Province. The p - distance between these two BINs was estimated at 9.79 %, indicating the need for taxonomic revision of L insignis complex to identify possible undescribed cryptic species.

Distribution.

Central, Western and Northern Europe. Rare in the Mediterranean and on the Iberian Peninsula previously known only from Oviedo in Spain ( Lundblad 1956). New for Portugal.