Monatractides (Monatractides) s tenostomus (K. Viets, 1930)

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja • Mértola, Corte do Pinto, 37.682°N, 7.512°W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♂ (sequenced), dissected and slide mounted (RMNH) ,

Remarks.

The Portuguese specimen molecularly analyzed in this study matches the description of M. stenostomus . This individual forms a unique BIN (BOLD: AFU 3082), with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ADZ 9854, which includes three specimens of an unidentified Monatractides sp. from Morocco, with the p - distance estimated at 6.74 %.

Distribution.

Spain, France. In Portugal previously reported from Beira Alta (Santa Comba Dão; Lundblad 1956).