Neocarus spelaion sp. n. (Parasitiformes, Opilioacaridae), a new

A new cave dwelling species of the genus Neocarus (Parasitiformes: Opilioacarida: Opilioacaridae) is described from adult females and males collected in Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil. Five or six d-type setae on palps, females with pregenital area hairless, genital setae smooth, cylindrical ovipositor with two terminal lobes, and males with genital and pregenital setae variable in shape, some being smooth and pointed, others ribbed and pointed, are the combinations of characters that define the new species.

Marcel Santos de Araujo - Consultor Autônomo - Carste Ciência e Meio Ambiente

Neocarus spelaion sp. n. (Parasitiformes, Opilioacaridae), a new species of cave dwelling Neocarus from Minas Gerais state, Brazil

A new opilioacarid species (Parasitiformes: Opilioacarida) from Crete (Greece) with notes on its karyotype, Vázquez, Maria Magdalena

Neocarus spelaion sp. n. (female): A View of eyes and prodorsal setae B

Prelarva and larva of Opilioacarus (Neocarus) texanus (Chamberlin and Mulaik) (Acari: Opilioacarida) with notes on the patterns of setae and lyrifissures: Journal of Natural History: Vol 34, No 10

Opilioacariformes

Two new species of Neocarus (Acari: Opilioacaridae) from Piauí and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with remarks on integument and seta shape as characters

A new species of Neocarus (Opilioacaridae) from a Brazilian ferruginous geosystem and notes on natural history

Neocarus proteus sp. n., details of shape of sternal and genital setae