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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6.16.
Neocarus proteus
Bernardi, Klompen, Zacarias & Ferreira, 2013
Neocarus proteus
Bernardi
et al.
2013: 72–86
, figs. 3–34 (original description)
Holotype
:
F (
MZLQ
).
BRAZIL
,
Minas Gerais
,
Mariana
municipality,
20°20’49.3”S
,
43°26’50.8”W
, epigean,
21.DEC.2011
, coll.
T.G. Pellegrini
,
M.F.V.R. Souza
,
M.S. Silva
,
D.C. Pompeu
and
R.L. Ferreira.
Paratypes
:
2 M
(
ISLA
),
BRAZIL
,
Minas Gerais
:
Mariana
municipality,
20°20’57.1”S
,
43°26’37.5”W
, coll.
T.G. Pellegrini
,
M.F.V.R. Souza
,
M.S. Silva
,
D.C. Pompeu
and
R.L. Ferreira
,
17.NOV.2011
;
same locality and collectors:
20°20’57.1”S
,
43°26’37.5”W
,
14.NOV.2011
,
TN
,
2 F
,
6 M
(
OSAL
);
20°20’53.6”S
,
43°26’47.6”W
,
18.NOV.2011
,
DN
,
TN
,
2F
, M (
MZLQ
);
20°20’57.3”S
,
43°26’32.7”W
,
19.NOV.2011
,
PN
, 2
DN
, F,
2M
(
OSAL
);
20°20’49.3”S
,
43°26’50.8”W
,
21.DEC.2011
, F (
ISLA
);
20°20’57.5”S
,
43°26’37.2”W
,
25.NOV.2011
, 2
PN
, 6
DN
, 10
TN
,
5 F
,
6 M
(
ISLA
);
20°20’57.1”S
,
43°26’37.5”W
,
14.DEC.2011
,
2 F
,
7 M
,
TN
(
ISLA
).
Distribution:
Minas Gerais
(
Brazil
).
Etymology:
Proteus comes from the adjective Greek
protean
, meaning versatile, mutable, capable of assuming many forms.