Catalog of the Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes)
Author
Araújo, Marcel Santos De
Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Via Washington Luís, km 235, Caixa Postal 676, CEP 13565 - 905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Author
Palma, Antonella Di
Department of Agriculture Food Natural Science Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122, Foggia, Italy.
Author
Feres, Reinaldo José Fazzio
Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rua Cristóvão Colombo 2265, São José do Rio Preto CEP 15054 - 000, Brazil
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-16
4895
3
332
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journal article
9280
10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.2
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9.2.
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Paracarus pristinus
Dunlop, Wunderlich & Poinar Jr, 2004
Paracarus pristinus
Dunlop
et al.
2004: 270
, figs. 1-2 (original description)
Holotype
:
One specimen (
LAS
)
F1011
/BB/AR/CJW.
Tertiary Baltic
amber forest;
Baltic
amber from
Central Europe.
Distribution:
The exact collection locality is unknown, but it may have been in the vicinity of
Kaliningrad
, Baltic coast of
Russia
. Despite being difficult to date, these findings of Baltic Amber are generally from the Eocene age (c. 38–54 Ma).
Etymology:
From the Latin
pristinus
, meaning old or former.