Opilioacarus Explained

Opilioacarus is a genus of opilioacarid mites native to the Mediterranean region. The following species are recognised:^[1]

• Opilioacarus baeticus Moraza et al. 2022, Iberian Peninsula
• Opilioacarus brignolii Araújo & di Palma, 2018, Southern Italy, Sardinia
• Opilioacarus italicus (With, 1904) Sicily
• Opilioacarus segmentatus With, 1902 Greece, Algeria, Uzbekistan? (possibly in need of splitting)
• Opilioacarus aenigmus Dunlop et al. 2004 Baltic amber, Eocene
• ?Opilioacarus groehni Dunlop & Bernardi, 2014 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) (tentatively placed in this genus)

The following species have been transferred elsewhere:

• Opilioacarus bajacalifornicus Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus nicaraguensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus nohbecanus Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus ojastii (Lehtinen, 1980)
• Opilioacarus orghidani Juvara-Bals & Baltac, 1977
• Opilioacarus platensis Silvestri, 1905
• Opilioacarus siankaanensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus texanus (Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1942)
• Opilioacarus vanderhammeni Juvara-Bals & Baltac, 1977

Notes and References

1. Moraza . María L. . Prieto . Carlos E. . Balanzategui . Iñaki . 2021-03-30 . A new species of the genus Opilioacarus With, 1902 (Acari: Opilioacarida) for the Iberian Peninsula . Acarologia . 61 . 1 . 128–147 . 10.24349/acarologia/20214422. free .