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 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-16 4895 3 332 356 journal article 9280 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.2 d2e6cfb5-f377-411b-b1be-5b3bb4135c9e 1175-5326 4326711 D2CCF661-B1C9-45A5-B344-E01C519716C5 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 ).