Lebertia (Pilolebertia) gibbosa Lundblad, 1926

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) gibbosa Lundblad, 1926

Material examined.

Portugal, Guarda: • Seia, Rio Alva, Praia Fluvial de Sabugueiro , river, 40.401°N, 7.64°W, 1021 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 2 ♂ (sequenced) ; • Manteigas, Zêzere, Ponte dos Frades , 40.403°N, 7.526°W, 672 m a.s.l., 22 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Padilha, Andrade & Stur 1 ♂ (sequenced) ; • Seia, Rio Alva, Central hidroelétrica de Ponte dos Jugais , river, 40.385°N, 7.706°W, 555 m a.s.l., 23 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) ; • 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) ; • 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) ; • Manteigas, Mondego, Covão da ponte , 40.443°N, 7.514°W, 999 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 deutonymph (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 deutonymph (sequenced) .

Remarks.

This species was originally described from the island of Gotland, Sweden ( Lundblad 1956), but later on synonymized with L. porosa . Recently Tyukosova et al. (2022) used material from Norway to redescribe L. gibbosa based on morphological and molecular evidence and showed that this species is widely distributed in southern Norway.

The sequenced specimens from Portugal were clustered within BOLD: ACR 9744, which, in addition to the specimens from Portugal, includes specimens of L. gibbosa from the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Germany, available in BOLD.

Distribution.

As this species has been widely overlooked with other species of L. porosa complex, the full geographical distribution of L. gibbosa cannot be defined without additional research.