Pionopsis lutescens (Hermann, 1804)

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

Pionopsis lutescens (Hermann, 1804)

Material examined.

Portugal, Porto • Lousada, Parque Torre de Vilar , 41.287°N, 8.21°W, 274 m a.s.l., 1 Sep. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Sousa & Girão 1 ♀ (sequenced) . Guarda • Seia, Cise , 40.419°N, 7.709°W, fountain, 505 m a.s.l., 25 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 deutonymph (sequenced) .

Remarks.

The examined male keyed to Pionopsis lutescens following Gerecke et al. (2016). The Portuguese specimens form a unique BIN ( BOLD: AFV 3897). The p - distance between the latter BIN and its nearest neighbor, BOLD: AET 1848, which includes specimens of P. lutescens from Montenegro, was estimated at 12.34 %, indicating the need for taxonomic revision of P. lutescens complex to identify possible undescribed cryptic species.

Distribution.

Holarctic. In Portugal previously reported from Sintra-Monserrate Park and Palace, Estremadura ( Lundblad 1956).