Hygrobates balcanicus Pešić, 2020

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

Hygrobates balcanicus Pešić, 2020

Material examined.

Portugal, Faro • Portimão , stream, 37.237°N, 8.546°W, 23 May 2023, leg. Ferreira & Turaccio, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced) . Porto • Lousada, Moinho da Tapada , 41.263°N, 8.307°W, 176 m a.s.l., 1 Sep. 2023, Ferreira, Sousa, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 1 ♂ (sequenced) ; • Lousada, Parque Molinológico e Florestal de Pias , 41.268°N, 8.256°W, 170 m a.s.l., 1 Sep. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Sousa, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 1 ♂ (sequenced) ; • Vila do Conde, Rio Este , 41.378°N, 8.695°W, 15 m a.s.l., 7 Sep. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 3 ♂, 1 deutonymph (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The specimens from Portugal morphologically match the description of Hygrobates balcanicus . This species was originally described by Pešić et al. (2020) from Bulgaria, and later on reported from eastern Serbia ( Pešić et al. 2023 a). The sequenced specimens from Portugal cluster within BOLD: AEG 3198, which, in addition to the specimens used in this study, includes specimens from Bulgaria, Serbia and Italy morphologically assigned to H. balcanicus .

Distribution.

Balkans, Italy. New for Portugal.