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
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-28
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Lebertia
(
Lebertia
)
lusitanica
Lundblad, 1956
Type material:
Deposited in
NRM
:
Holotype
Lundblad No. Präp.
4449;
Paratype
:
Lundblad No. Präp.
4450 (
Lundblad 1956
)
.
Type
locality:
Portugal
: Beira Litoral (
Valdecasas 1988
), in Fonte Fria, Mealhada, Buçaco mountain (
Lundblad 1956
).
Geographical distribution:
Iberian Peninsula (
Valdecasas 1988
), French Pyrenees (
Angelier
et al.
1985
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
North: International Minho River (
Cantallo
et al.
2021
), inValença municipality-São Pedro da Torre; Centre: Beira Litoral (
Valdecasas 1988
), in Fonte Fria, Mealhada, Buçaco mountain (
Lundblad 1956
).
Material examined:
1/1/0;
São Pedro da Torre
,
Portugal
;
41º59′42.05″N
,
8º40′27.94″W
;
24 September 2020
; coll by Aquamuseu Team; catalogue number
NatMIP-CATr-0002
.
Ecological notes:
Cold freshwater, found in cascade staircase with plenty of moss, together with platyhelminth
Crenobia alpina
(
Lundblad 1956
)
; Possibly rhithrobiont-like (on river and tributaries habitats) species (
Di Sabatino
et al.
2010
). In Minho River, two individuals were collected in the main sector, on sediment
type
‘moderately sorted coarse sand’(
Cantallo
et al.
2021
), in which the logarithmic main grain size value was 0.633.
Remarks:
First record mentioned for Minho River (
Cantallo
et al.
2021
).