7.2. Opilioacarus brignolii Araújo & Di Palma, 2018 *

Opilioacarus brignolii Araújo et al. 2018b: 138, figs. 2-5 (original description)

Holotype: F (11-3), 411, ITALY, Apulia, Bari, Monopoli, 23.MAY.1967, coll. Brignoli, P.

Paratypes: M (11-2); M (11-5); M (11-1); F (11-4), same data of holotype; M (4-2), F (4-3), same data, coll. A. Vigna; F (2-1), 411, ITALY, Apulia, Lecce, Santa Cesarea Terme, 17.MAR.1967, coll. P. Brignoli ; F (2-2), M (2-3), 411, same data; F (5-1), 411, ITALY, Apulia, Taranto, Martina Franca, Bosco delle Pianelle, 25.MAY.1967, coll. P. Brignoli ; F (6-1), 411, ITALY, Apulia, Taranto, Mottola, same date, coll. P. Brignoli ; F (3-3), 411, ITALY, Sardinia, Nuoro, Dorgali, 5.MAY.1967, coll. P. Brignoli ; F (3-2), M (7-1), M (8-1) (used in MEV), M (9-1), M (12-1), same data; M (1-1) (used in MEV), same data, coll. V. Cottarelli; M (10-1), 411, ITALY, Sardinia, Nuoro, Arbatax; 4.MAY.1967, coll. P. Brignoli.

Distribution: Apulia, Sardinia (Italy).

Etymology: Dedicated to the Italian arachnologist Paolo Marcello Brignoli, who collected most of the material.