Neumania (Neumania) elliptica Walter, 1925

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

Neumania (Neumania) elliptica Walter, 1925

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, Nossa Senhora do Desterro , river, 40.395°N, 7.694°W, 791 m a.s.l., 23 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The specimens from Portugal morphologically match the description of N. elliptica . This species was originally described from Algeria ( Walter 1925) and later on reported by Pešić et al. (2007) from Corsica ( France) and Italy (Sardinia and Sicily). Neumania elliptica is a characteristic colonizer of pools in summer-warm lowland streams with silty substrate ( Pešić et al. 2007).

The sequenced specimens from Portugal form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFU 2122), with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ACR 9513 (p - distance 19.16 %), which includes specimens of N. deltoides from the Netherlands, Macedonia and Turkey, available in BOLD.

Distribution.

SW-Mediterranean. New for Portugal.