Platyacarus sittasomi Hernandes, Valim and Mironov, 2007

Platyacarus sittasomi Hernandes et al. 2007: 2675, figs. 41–51.

Material examined. 5 males and 4 females (ZISP 6415–6423) from Sittasomus griseicapillus (Vieillot, 1818) (Furnariidae), COSTA RICA, Tapantí National Park, Sector Tapantí, Cordillera de Talamanca Mts., 09°46'N, 83°47'W, 2 August 2009, collectors I. Literak, O. Sychra and M. Capek ; 10 males and 5 females (ZISP 6166– 6181), same host, COSTA RICA, Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Cordillera de Guanacaste Mts., 10°46'N, 85°18'W, 800 m, 21 August 2009, collectors I. Literak, O. Sychra and M. Capek.

This species was previously known only from the type host, Sittasomus griseicapillus, in Brazil (Hernandes et al. 2007). This is the first report of Platyacarus sittasomi from this host in Costa Rica.