Piona carnea (Müller, 1776)

Pešić, Vladimir, Zawal, Andrzej, Ferreira, Sónia, Benitez-Bosco, Laura, Cruz-Oliveira, Ana, Girão, Dinis, Padilha, Adriana, Turaccio, Paolo, Rossini, Samantha, Ballini, Lorenzo, Staffoni, Giorgia, Fratini, Sara, Ciofi, Claudio, Iannucci, Alessio, Ekrem, Torbjørn & Stur, Elisabeth, 2024, DNA barcode library of Portuguese water mites, with the descriptions of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia), ZooKeys 1217, pp. 119-171 : 119-171

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1217.131730
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:921FBCB0-D6B1-4E61-80F2-DE30167984B0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14019545
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6605F964-646F-5177-84A9-31743A5D54A1
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scientific name	Piona carnea (Müller, 1776)
status

Treatment

Material examined.

Portugal, Beja: • Mértola, São Sebastião dos Carros , 37.598°N, 7.754°W, 21 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 3 deutonymphs (sequenced) GoogleMaps ; • Mértola, Herdade de Alagães , dry stream site 2, 37.678°N, 7.848°W, 18 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 deutonymph (sequenced) GoogleMaps . Vila Real • Murça, Noura stream , 41.409°N, 7.417°W, 421 m a.s.l., 12 Jul. 2023 leg. Ferreira S, Padilha 1 deutonymph (sequenced) GoogleMaps . Guarda: • Manteigas, Serra de Baixo, Lagoa , 40.35°N, 7.549°W, 1431 m a.s.l., 21 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 2 deutonymphs (sequenced) GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

The specimens from Portugal morphologically match the description of Piona carnea . These specimens cluster within two BINs: BOLD: ACM 0527, which includes three unidentified specimens from Canada and three specimens from the Netherlands assigned to P. carnea , and BOLD: ACS 0622, which includes specimens of P. carnea from Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Distribution.

Holarctic. New record for Portugal.