Opilioacarus

Opilioacarus Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Photo of Opilioacarus baeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opilioacarida
Family:	Opilioacaridae
Genus:	Opilioacarus With, 1902  [1]
Type species
Opilioacarus segmentatus With, 1902

Opilioacarus is a genus of opilioacarid mites native to the Mediterranean region. The following species are recognised: ^[2]

• Opilioacarus baeticus Moraza et al. 2022, Iberian Peninsula ^[2]
• 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 ^[2] )
• †Opilioacarus aenigmusDunlop et al. 2004 Baltic amber, Eocene
• †?Opilioacarus groehniDunlop & Bernardi, 2014 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) (tentatively placed in this genus)

The following species have been transferred elsewhere:^{[ citation needed ]}

• 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

References

1. "Opilioacarus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. 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. doi: 10.24349/acarologia/20214422 .

• Data related to Opilioacarus at Wikispecies