Checklist of water mites from mainland Portugal and its archipelagos
Author
Cantallo, Harold
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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
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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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Atractides
(
Maderomegapus
)
hystricipes
(Lundblad, 1941)
Synonym:
Maderomegapus hystricipes
Lundblad, 1941
(
original designation
)
Type material:
Holotype
one male
NHRS-GULI000089969 and
one female
Allotype
NHRS-GULI000089970 deposited at
NRM
(
Pers.
comm.,
G. Lindberg
)
.
Type
locality:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island
(
Lundblad 1941b
)
Geographical distribution:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
;
Lundblad 1941b
).
Ecological notes:
Freshwater (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
).
Atractides
(
Atractides
)
insulanus
(Lundblad, 1941)
Synonym:
Megapus insulanus
Lundblad, 1941
(
original designation
)
Type material:
Deposited in
NRM
:
Holotype
one male
(
Gerecke 2003
;
Lundblad 1941b
), catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006542 (
GBIF 2022
);
Paratype
: (
Gerecke 2003
), catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006544 (
GBIF 2022
).
Type
locality:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Lundblad 1941b
), in Ribeira da Janela waterfall (
Gerecke 2003
).
Geographical distribution:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
;
Lundblad 1941b
), in Ribeira da Janela waterfall (
Gerecke 2003
).
Ecological notes:
Freshwater (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
), springs (rhithrobiontic habit), in thin layers of flowing water (
Gerecke 2003
).
Atractides macaronensis
(Lundblad, 1941)
Synonym:
Megapus macaronensis
Lundblad, 1941
(
original designation
)
Type material:
Deposited in
NRM
:
Holotype
one male
(
Lundblad 1941b
),catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006536 (
GBIF 2022
);
Paratype
catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006537 (
GBIF 2022
).
Type
locality:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Lundblad 1941b
), in Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Geographical distribution:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
), in Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Ecological notes:
Freshwater (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
), rhithrobiont (river and tributary environment), in thin layers of flowing water, preference at rocky habitats (
Gerecke 2003
).
Atractides maderensis
(Lundblad, 1941)
Synonyms:
Megapus maderensis
Lundblad, 1941
(
original designation
Type material:
Deposited in
NRM
:
Holotype
one male
(
Gerecke 2003
;
Lundblad 1941b
), catalogue number NHRSGULI000006546 (
GBIF 2022
);
Paratype
: (
Gerecke 2003
), catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006547 (
GBIF 2022
).
Type locality:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Lundblad 1941b
), in Ribeira da Janela, Risco; Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Geographical distribution:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
;
Lundblad 1941b
), in Ribeira da Janela, Risco; Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Ecological notes:
Freshwater (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
), found in springs and river habitats (rhithrobiontic species) (
Gerecke 2003
).
Atractides
(
Polymegapus
)
rutae
(Lundblad, 1941)
Synonyms:
Megapus rutae
Lundblad, 1941
(
original designation
);
Megapus
(
Allomegapus
)
rutae
Lundblad, 1941
Type material:
Deposited in
NRM
:
Holotype
one male
(
Lundblad 1941b
),catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006538 (
GBIF 2022
);
Paratypes
catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006539 (
GBIF 2022
);
one female
catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006540 (
GBIF 2022
).
Type
locality:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Lundblad 1941b
), in Rabaçal (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Geographical distribution:
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
;
Lundblad 1941b
);
Spain
:
Canary Islands
, in Tenerife (
Lundblad 1962
;
Valdecasas 1988
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
Madeira
Island (
Lundblad 1941b
), in Rabaçal (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
).
Ecological notes:
Freshwater (
Borges
et al.
2008
;
Hughes
et al.
1998
), springs, and thin layers of flowing water (
Gerecke 2003
).
Atractides
(
Atractides
)
clavipes
Lundblad, 1954
Type material:
Holotype
(
Lundblad 1954
), Lundblad No. Präp. 4500, deposited in
NRM
(
Lundblad 1956
).
Type
locality:
Portugal
: Sintra-Monserrate Park and Palace(
Lundblad 1954
,
1956
).
Geographical distribution:
Germany
,
France
, Iberian Peninsula and
Italy
(
Gerecke
et al.
2016
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
South: Estremadura (
Valdecasas 1988
), in Sintra, Monserrate Park and Palace (
Lundblad 1956
).
Ecological notes:
Crenobiont species: at springs habitats (
Gerecke
et al.
2016
) and small streams, present in plant
Alsophila
spp. (
Lundblad 1956
)
.
Atractides
(
Atractides
)
nodipalpis
Thor, 1899
Synonyms:
Megapus nodipalpis
Thor, 1899
(
original designation
);
Megapus tenuitarsus
Komárek, 1921
;
Megapus nodipalpis parviporus
Besseling, 1933
;
Atractides moravicus
Láska, 1952
;
Atractides limnicola
Schwoerbel, 1959
;
Atractides microcavaticus
Schwoerbel, 1961
;
Atractides schlienzi
Schwoerbel, 1961
Type material:
Paratypes
3 specimen
deposited in
SMF
, catalogue numbers 42618-1516-VIE/053, 42619-1517- VIE/053, 42620-1518-VIE/053(
GBIF 2022
)
.
Type
locality:
Norway
: Gudbrandsdalen (
GBIF 2022
;
Gerecke 2003
;
Lundblad 1956
).
Geographical distribution:
Palaearctic (
Gerecke
et al.
2016
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
Centre: Beira Alta, in Santa Comba Dão (
Lundblad 1956
).
Ecological notes:
Warm fast-flowing streams, present in moss in a waterfall (
Lundblad 1956
). Organic pollutiontolerant species with rhithrobiont freshwater preferences (river and tributaries environment); Larval insect hosts:
Chironomidae
dipterans (
Gerecke
et al.
2016
).
Atractides
(
Tympanomegapus
)
ibericus
Lundblad, 1956
Synonym:
Atractides lacustris ibericus
Lundblad, 1956
(
original designation
)
Type material:
Holotype
one male
Lundblad No. Präp.
4551, deposited in
NRM
(
Lundblad 1956
).
Type
locality:
Portugal
:
Santa Comba Dão
,
Beira Alta
(
Lundblad 1956
)
.
Geographical distribution:
Portugal
: Santa Comba Dão, Beira Alta (
Lundblad 1956
).
Distribution in
Portugal
:
Centre: Santa Comba Dão, Beira Alta (
Lundblad 1956
).
Ecological notes:
Freshwater, in slow-moderate motion streams, on a sandy substrate; present in
Carex
spp.
plants (
Lundblad 1956
).