Arrenurus (Arrenurus) ornatus George, 1900

Cantallo, Harold, Gomes, Nuno, Antunes, Carlos, Martins, Duarte & Costa, Dimítri De Araújo, 2022, Checklist of water mites from mainland Portugal and its archipelagos, Zootaxa 5213 (4), pp. 336-370 : 363-364

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7385739
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scientific name	Arrenurus (Arrenurus) ornatus George, 1900
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Type material: One male paratype, catalogue number 42261-1418-VIE/035 ( GBIF 2022).

Type locality: United Kingdom ( GBIF 2022) .

Geographical distribution: Western Palaearctic ( Gerecke et al. 2016).

Distribution in Portugal: South: Alentejo, in Ribeira de Odivelas ( Lundblad 1956).

Ecological notes: Freshwater, in slow-moving streams, ponds and lakes; Larval insects hosts: Zygoptera odonates ( Gerecke et al. 2016); present in plants, such as Batrachium spp. , Myriophyllum spp. , Nymphea spp. ( Lundblad 1956) .

Arrenurus (Arrenurus) securifer Viets, 1930

Type material: Paratypes: One male and one deposited in SMF, catalogue numbers 42372-3916-VIE/040 and one male and one female 42373-3917-VIE/040 ( AQUILA 2022) .

Type locality: Spain: Madrid ( Valdecasas 1988), in Manzanares River, Charca de Marmoto ( Viets 1930).

Geographical distribution: Southern France and Iberian Peninsula ( Gerecke et al. 2016).

Distribution in Portugal: Centre: Beira Alta, in Côa River, near 10 km to Vilar Formoso; South: Alentejo, in Ribeira de Odivelas ( Lundblad 1956).

Ecological notes: Freshwater, in streams, ponds and lakes ( Gerecke et al. 2016), as well as on sandy bottoms ( Viets 1930); present in plants, such as Batrachium spp. , Juncus spp. , Myriophyllum spp. , Nymphea spp. ( Lundblad 1956) .

Arrenurus (Arrenurus) szalayi Lundblad, 1954

Type material: Deposited in NRM: Holotype one male Lundblad No. Präp. 4403 ( Lundblad 1954); one female Lundblad No. Präp. 4405 ( Lundblad 1956).

Type locality: Portugal: Alentejo, in Ribeira de Odivelas ( Lundblad 1954, 1956).

Geographical distribution: Iberian Peninsula ( Camacho & Valdecasas 1988; Lundblad 1956; Valdecasas 1988).

Distribution in Portugal: South: Alentejo, in Ribeira de Odivelas ( Lundblad 1954, 1956).

Ecological notes: Freshwater, in permanent ponds with grasses and algae ( Camacho & Valdecasas 1988).

Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) globator ( Müller, 1776)

Synonym: Hydrachna globator Müller, 1776 (original designation)

Type material: Unknown, possibly lost.

Type locality: Denmark (probably surroundings of Copenhagen) or Norway ( Müller 1776) .

Geographical distribution: Palaearctic: Europe, Türkiye, Iran, Altai, Japan ( Gerecke et al. 2016).

Distribution in Portugal: South: Alentejo, in Ribeira de Odivelas ( Lundblad 1956).

Ecological notes: Freshwater, with a preference for slow-moving streams, lakes and ponds; partially eutrophicationtolerant species; Larval insects hosts: Culicidae (Diptera) , Chironomidae (Diptera) , Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) , Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) ( Gerecke et al. 2016); present in plants, such as Batrachium spp. , Myriophyllum spp. , Nymphea spp. ( Lundblad 1956) .