The family Opilioacaridae (Acari: Parasitiformes) in Argentina, with description of two new species

Maria Magdalena Vázquez (1) , Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi (2) , Hans Klompen (3)

1 Universidad de Quintana Roo, Division de Ciencias e Ingenierias, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
2 PNPD/CAPES - Bolsista do Programa Nacional de Pós-Doutorado - Departamento de Entomologia
3 Acarology Laboratory, Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212-1192, U.S.A.

Two new species of Neocarus, N. entrerios n.sp. and N. misiones n.sp., are described for both adult instars, with locality data for a few additional records of unidentified specimens. Most Argentinean records are from the Northern and Eastern border regions. Even so, current results suggest that opilioacarid diversity in Argentina, while modest, is likely to include several more species.

Mots clés: Animalia; Arthropoda; Acari; Aacriformes; Opilioacarida; South America; biodiversity

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Maria Magdalena Vázquez, Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi, Hans Klompen. The family Opilioacaridae (Acari: Parasitiformes) in Argentina, with description of two new species. Acarologia, 2020, 60 (3), pp.505-519. ⟨10.24349/acarologia/20204380⟩. ⟨hal-02870110⟩