Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) globator

Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) globator (Müller, 1776) 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 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced); • Mértola, Ribeira de Carreiras, São Miguel do Pinheiro, 37.552°N, 7.85°W, 21 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (sequenced); • Moinho de Alferes 1, 37.502°N, 7.69°W, 19 May 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco, Ekrem, Stur & Turaccio, 1 ♀ (sequenced). Remarks. The sequenced specimens from Portugal form a unique BIN (BOLD: AFO 3503) with the nearest neighboring BIN being BOLD: ACS 0765, which includes 34 specimens from the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and North Macedonia partially assigned to A. globator or A. tubulator. The p - distance between these two BINs was estimated at 5.45 %. Distribution. Palaearctic. In Portugal previously reported from Alentejo (Lundblad 1956).