Lebertia (Pilolebertia) inaequalis (Koch, 1837)

Pešić, Vladimir, Mumladze, Levan & Zawal, Andrzej, 2023, New records and first DNA barcodes of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Georgia, Ecologica Montenegrina 67, pp. 91-100 : 95

Lebertia (Pilolebertia) inaequalis (Koch, 1837)

Material examined — GEORGIA, Paravani Lake , 41.4218° N, 43.9325° E, 2080 m asl., 14 May 2016, leg. Mumladze, Japoshvili, Bikashvili, Shubitidze 1♀ (sequenced; voucher ID: CCDB 38560 H06) .

Remarks — The sequenced specimen from Georgia morphologically assigned to L. inaequalis falls into BIN cluster ( BOLD: AEJ 7769). In addition to the specimen used in this study for molecular analysis, the latter BIN includes one private sequence of a specimen from Bulgaria assigned to L. inaequalis . The pdistance between the latter BIN and its nearest neighbour, BOLD:AEF5683, which includes L. inaequalis specimens from North Macedonia, is estimated at 5.45%. It is likely that taxonomic revision of the L. inaequalis complex will result in detecting undescribed cryptic species. New for the fauna of Georgia.

Habitat in Georgia — Mountain lake with swampy and heavily vegetated offshore ( Fig. 2D ).

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Figure 2. Photographs of selected sampling sites: A – unnamed pond (Javakheti); B – Lake Saghamo; C – pond near Ozaani; D – Paravani Lake. Photos by L. Mumladze.