Brasilacarus cocaris (Acari: Opilioacaridae), a new genus and species from Amazonia, Brazil

MA. MAGDALENA VÁZQUEZ; MARCEL SANTOS DE ARAÚJO; REINALDO JOSÉ FAZZIO FERES

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.3.3

Issue: Vol. 3915 No. 3: 4 Feb. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-02-04

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.3.3

Page range: 375–389

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Brasilacarus cocaris (Acari: Opilioacaridae), a new genus and species
from Amazonia, Brazil

MA. MAGDALENA VÁZQUEZ⁺⁻
MARCEL SANTOS DE ARAÚJO⁺⁻
REINALDO JOSÉ FAZZIO FERES⁺⁻

Universidad de Quintana Roo, División de Ciencias e Ingenierías, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México.

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, IBILCE, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Rua Cristóvão Colombo 2265, CEP 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.

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. CNPq – Brazil researcher.

mites Parasitiformes South America Neotropical taxonomy

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Abstract

A new genus and species of Opilioacaridae, Brasilacarus cocaris n. gen., n. sp., is described from adult females and males from Manaus, Brazil. Brief descriptions of damaged tritonymphs and deutonymphs are also provided. The new genus appears to be related to Caribeacarus but possess a unique group of additional strongly modified setae on the tibiotarsus.