Lebertia (Lebertia) sparsicapillata Thor, 1905

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 (Lebertia) sparsicapillata Thor, 1905

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja: • Odemira, Ribeira de Seixe, Zambujeira do Mar , river, 37.399°N, 8.723°W, 45 m a.s.l., 23 May 2023, leg. Ekrem & Benitez-Bosco, 1 ♂ (sequenced) . 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) ; • 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) ; • Seia, Casa do Loureiro , 40.433°N, 7.701°W, 415 m a.s.l., 19 Jul. 2023 leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The specimens from Portugal match the description of L. sparsicapillata , a species widely distributed in Europe except for the most northern and eastern parts ( Di Sabatino et al. 2010). The sequenced specimens cluster within BOLD: AFN 4501, which includes two specimens from Germany. The p - distance between the latter BIN and its nearest neighboring BOLD: ADF 6063, which include specimens of L. sparsicapillata from Germany, was estimated at 2 %.

Distribution.

Europe. New for Portugal.