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
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journal article
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6.
Neocarus
Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1942
Neocarus
Chamberlin & Mulaik 1942: 127
;
Lehtinen 1980: 207
(new diagnosis);
Vázquez & Klompen 2009: 24
(new diagnosis).
Type
species:
Neocarus texanus
Chamberlin & Mulaik 1942:127
, by original designation.
Etymology:
Although there is no information on terminology, is assumed to be “New mite” spelling, from Latin
neo
(new) + Greek
akari
(mite).
Note:
The genus name has been incorrectly spelled as
Neoacarus
by some authors (
Armas 2010: 64
;
Bernardi
et al.
2012: 53,
2013a: 789
, 2014: 55;
Walter & Proctor 1998: 49
).