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
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journal article
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11.3.
Salfacarus kirindiensis
Vázquez & Klompen, 2010
*
Salfacarus kirindiensis
Vázquez & Klompen 2010: 8–11
, figs. 1, 13–19 (original description)
Holotype
:
F (
OSAL092006–07
).
MADAGASCAR
,
Toliara
,
Forêt de Kirindy
,
15.5 km
64° ENE Marofandilia
,
elevation
100 m
,
20°02’42”S
44°39’44”E
, coll.
B.L. Fisher
&
C.E. Griswold
, between
28.NOV.2001
and
3.DEC.2001
, ex tropical dry forest; litter, leaf mold, rotten wood (
EF19
,
BLF4600
).
Paratypes
:
same data as holotype: F (
OSAL007330–31
)
,
F (
OSAL007332–34
)
,
F (
OSAL006772–73
)
,
F (
OSAL006768–69
)
,
F (
OSAL006767– 68
)
,
F (
OSAL092004–05
)
,
M (
OSAL007335–36
)
,
M (
OSAL007337–38
)
,
M (
OSAL006770–71
)
.
Non-type:
Some of the material included in
S. legendrei
Hammen
(B-
19 specimen
) was collected from Forêt de Andranomena, Morandawa region. Forêt de Andranomena is geographically close to Forêt de Kirindy, and the authors tentatively included this material in this species.
Distribution:
Toliara
(
Madagascar
).
Notes:
Holotype
F at
CAS
(
CAS
18501) (2 slides
OSAL092006–07
)
.
Other specimens at
CAS
,
OSAL
,
UQROO
. Some specimens also in
RMNH
(
Karen van Dorp.
pers. com.
)
.
Etymology:
The specific name is derived from the collecting locality, the town of Kirindy.