Oxus (Oxus) lusitanicus Lundblad, 1954

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

Oxus (Oxus) lusitanicus Lundblad, 1954

Material examined.

Portugal, 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 ♀, 1 deutonymph (sequenced). Beja • Mértola , Moinho de Alferes 2, 37.503 ° N, 7.687 ° W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced). Bragança • Mirandela, Torre de Dona Chama, 41.665 ° N, 7.146 ° W, 256 m a. s. l., 13 Jul. 2023, leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced). Vila Real • Murça, Noura stream, 41.409 ° N, 7.417 ° W, 421 m a. s. l., 12 Jul. 2023 leg. Ferreira & Padilha, 1 ♀ (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The examined specimens match the description of Oxus lusitanicus , a species originally described by Lundblad (1954) based on a single male collected in Côa River in Portugal. The specimens from Portugal used in this study for molecular analysis form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFX 3224) with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ACL 5934, which includes specimens of unidentified Oxus sp. from Canada, with the p - distance estimated at 14.34 %.

Distribution.

Portugal previously recorded from Beira Alta ( Lundblad 1956).