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Research Project: Systematics of Acari and Hemiptera: Plant Pests, Predators, and Disease Vectors

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

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

Author
item DEARAUJO, M - Universidade Federal De Sao Carlos
item DI PALMA, ANTONELLA - Universita Degli Studi Di Salerno
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item FERES, RJF - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
item MARIGO, T - Universidade Federal De Sao Carlos
item PENTEAD0-DIAS, A - Universidade Federal De Sao Carlos

Submitted to: Systematic and Applied Acarology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/25/2022
Publication Date: 7/21/2022
Citation: Dearaujo, M.S., Di Palma, A., Ochoa, R., Feres, R., Marigo, T.C., Pentead0-Dias, A.M. 2022. Two new species of Neocarus (Acari: Opilioacaridae) from Piauí and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with remarks on integument as character. Systematic and Applied Acarology. 27(8):1547-1565. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.8.7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.8.7

Interpretive Summary: The majority of the cave soil mites are not well known and feeding and ecological information are scarce. This article described two new species and discussed the use of new morphological characters to identify species in this rare soil mite family. This study will be important to ecologists, biologists, soil researchers, biocontrol researchers and entomologists.

Technical Abstract: Two new species are described from Northeast and Southeast of Brazil. Neocarus setilatus n. sp. is described from gallery forest in Piauí and Neocarus marambaia n. sp. from a restinga area in Rio de Janeiro, both with the same unique integument character to Opilioacaridae and smaller, broader setae. The importance of setae shape is discussed.