Hygrobates balcanicus Pesic 2020

Hygrobates balcanicus Pešić, 2020 Material examined. Portugal, Faro • Portimão, stream, 37.237°N, 8.546°W, 23 May 2023, leg. Ferreira & Turaccio, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (sequenced). Porto • Lousada, Moinho da Tapada, 41.263°N, 8.307°W, 176 m a.s.l., 1 Sep. 2023, Ferreira, Sousa, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 1 ♂ (sequenced); • Lousada, Parque Molinológico e Florestal de Pias, 41.268°N, 8.256°W, 170 m a.s.l., 1 Sep. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Sousa, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 1 ♂ (sequenced); • Vila do Conde, Rio Este, 41.378°N, 8.695°W, 15 m a.s.l., 7 Sep. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Cruz-Oliveira & Girão, 3 ♂, 1 deutonymph (sequenced). Remarks. The specimens from Portugal morphologically match the description of Hygrobates balcanicus. This species was originally described by Pešić et al. (2020) from Bulgaria, and later on reported from eastern Serbia (Pešić et al. 2023 a). The sequenced specimens from Portugal cluster within BOLD: AEG 3198, which, in addition to the specimens used in this study, includes specimens from Bulgaria, Serbia and Italy morphologically assigned to H. balcanicus. Distribution. Balkans, Italy. New for Portugal.