Checklist of water mites from mainland Portugal and its archipelagos Author Cantallo, Harold 0000-0001-7005-6462 Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s / n, 4450 - 208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7005 - 6462 Author Gomes, Nuno 0000-0002-5513-6875 Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s / n, 4450 - 208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal. & Aquamuseu do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, 4920 - 290, Portugal. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5513 - 6875 Author Antunes, Carlos 0000-0003-2294-6174 Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s / n, 4450 - 208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal. & Aquamuseu do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, 4920 - 290, Portugal. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2294 - 6174 Author Martins, Duarte 0000-0003-3736-5743 Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s / n, 4450 - 208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal. & Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, rua do Campo Alegre s / n, 4169 - 007 Porto, Portugal & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3736 - 5743 Author Costa, Dimítri De Araújo 0000-0002-5399-2483 Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s / n, 4450 - 208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal. & Aquamuseu do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, 4920 - 290, Portugal. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5399 - 2483 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-28 5213 4 336 370 journal article 198868 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.4.2 bf19faf6-6e2f-4f68-83c2-79c95be93fa0 1175-5326 7381432 685D4DC1-0C1E-4E76-BEEE-E54749603695 Limnesia ( Limnesia ) acuminata Walter, 1925 Type material: Holotype one male catalogue number NMB-ACWA 2713 deposited at NHMB ( Pers. comm, U. Wüest ) Type locality: Algeria : Jijel Province , Oued Nil ( Walter 1925 ). Geographical distribution: European ( France , Iberian Peninsula and Italy ) and North African Mediterranean area ( Gerecke et al. 2016 ). Distribution in Portugal : Centre: Beira Alta (in Santa Comba Dão, and Côa River, near 10 km to Vilar Formoso); South:Alentejo (in Ribeira de Odivelas, Ribeira do Roxo, and Guadiana River-between Serpa and Beja municipalities), Estremadura (in Colares-Sintra municipality) ( Lundblad 1956 ; Valdecasas 1988 ). Ecological notes: Freshwater, at standing and slow-flowing freshwater ecosystems ( Gerecke et al. 2016 ), shaded and clear tributaries, on a sandy bottom; present in plants, such as grasses Azolla spp. , Batrachium spp. , Carex spp. , Juncus spp. , Myriophyllum spp. , Nymphea spp. , Scirpus spp. ( Lundblad 1956 ) .