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Issue: Vol. 3416 No. 1: 9 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3416.1.5
Page range: 53–68
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Neocarus Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1942 (Acari: Opilioacarida) from Brazilian caves and karst areas

Pós–Graduação – Ecologia Aplicada, bolsista CAPES, UFLA, Lavras
Embrapa Café/EPAMIG – Lavras, MG
Laboratório de Ecologia Subterrânea, Setor de Zoologia/Departamento de Biologia, UFLA, Lavras
Acari Parasitiformes Opilioacaridae Brazil Taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the genus Neocarus, Neocarus potiguar n. sp., is described from caves and the epigeal environment ofthe Apodi Carbonatic Group, northeast Brazil. This new species is distinguished by the presence of smooth setae on thebasal portion of the evaginated ovipositor, 25–27 ch-type setae on the palp tarsus and one (rarely two) setae on the pregenital area of the adult female.

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