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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4.3.
Caribeacarus ojastii
(
Lehtinen, 1980
)
*
Caribeacarus ojastii
Araújo, Di Palma & Feres
: this work (new status)
Opilioacarus ojastii
Vázquez & Klompen 2002: 300
(incorrect genus use)
Neocarus ojastii
Lehtinen 1980: 207
, figs. 1–16 (original description);
Vázquez & Klompen 2009: 24
(correct genus use)
Holotype
:
M (
ZMUT
).
VENEZUELA
,
Miranda
, “
Parque Nacional El Avila
”,
elevation
1400 m
, in
Eucalyptus
litter of dry slope,
28.NOV.1977
, coll.
P.T. Lehtinen
,
Paratype
:
DN
(unknown whereabout) from
Parque Nacional El Avila
,
elevation
1400 m
,
Los Venados
, coll.
P.T. Lehtinen
,
28.NOV.1977
, under stone in moist brook valley
.
Distribution:
Miranda
(
Venezuela
).
Etymology:
Dedicated to Dr. Juhani Ojasti, Universidad Central de
Venezuela
, who helped during the field work.
Notes:
According to
Lehtinen (1980)
, the DN was supposed to be deposited at ZMUT, but was not found (Ritva Penttinen,
pers. com.
).