Neocarus nicaraguensis ( Vázquez & Klompen, 2002 )

Araújo, Marcel Santos De, Palma, Antonella Di & Feres, Reinaldo José Fazzio, 2020, Catalog of the Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes), Zootaxa 4895 (3), pp. 332-356 : 345

6.11. Neocarus nicaraguensis ( Vázquez & Klompen, 2002) *

Neocarus nicaraguensis Vázquez & Klompen 2009: 25 (new status)

Opilioacarus (Neocarus) nicaraguensis: Vázquez & Klompen 2002: 314–317 , figs. lE, G, J, 2E–F, 3A, 6A, 8C, l0A, llA, 12. (original description)

Holotype: M ( OSAL000576 ). NICARAGUA, León, Comarca, Los Cocos, near Volcano Telica , 12°35’N 86°50’W, coll. J.M. Maes, L. de Armas, 8.AUG.1995, ex under stones, AL5947 .

Paratypes: Same data as holotype with exception: 3 M, 2 TN ; F, León, base of Volcano Momotombo , l2°28’N 186°31’W, 5.AUG.1995, AL5945 ; M, León, Hervideros de San Jacinto , l 2°34’N 86°44’W, 4.SEP.1987, AL5949 ; 3 F, Managua, Laguna Xiloa , 13.AUG.1995, AL5946 ; TN , Matagalpa, road Telica to San Isidro , km 167, coll. J.G. Palacios-Vargas, J.M. Maes, 21.AUG.1998, AL5948 ; 2 M, Madriz, San Jose de Cuzmapa, 22.SEP.1987, ex under stones in temperate forest of Pinus oocarpa, AL 5950 .

Distribution: Léon, Managa, Matagalpa, Madriz ( Nicaragua)

Notes: Holotype M ( OSAL000576 ) to be deposited in National Acarology Collection in Nicaragua. In the absence of a dedicated acarology collection, the primary type is temporarily housed in OSAL labeled “property of Nicaragua ” . Paratypes at Museo Entomológico , León, Nicaragua (F, M, TN), UQRoo (F, 2 M, TN), and OSAL (F, 2 M, TN; OSAL000578-581 ) .

Etymology: Named after the country in which the material was collected, Nicaragua.