Salfacarus kirindiensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2010

Araújo, Marcel Santos De, Palma, Antonella Di & Feres, Reinaldo José Fazzio, 2020, Catalog of the Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes), Zootaxa 4895 (3), pp. 332-356 : 351

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4361472
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scientific name	Salfacarus kirindiensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2010
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11.3. Salfacarus kirindiensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2010 View in CoL *

Salfacarus kirindiensis Vázquez & Klompen 2010: 8–11 View in CoL , figs. 1, 13–19 (original description)

Holotype: F ( OSAL092006–07 View Materials ). MADAGASCAR, Toliara, Forêt de Kirindy , 15.5 km 64° ENE Marofandilia, elevation 100 m, 20°02’42”S 44°39’44”E, coll. B.L. Fisher & C.E. Griswold, between 28.NOV.2001 and 3.DEC.2001, ex tropical dry forest; litter, leaf mold, rotten wood ( EF19 , BLF4600 ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: same data as holotype: F ( OSAL007330–31 View Materials ) GoogleMaps , F ( OSAL007332–34 View Materials ) , F ( OSAL006772–73 View Materials ) , F ( OSAL006768–69 View Materials ) , F ( OSAL006767– 68 View Materials ) , F ( OSAL092004–05 View Materials ) , M ( OSAL007335–36 View Materials ) , M ( OSAL007337–38 View Materials ) , M ( OSAL006770–71 View Materials ) .

Non-type: Some of the material included in S. legendrei Hammen (B- 19 specimen) was collected from Forêt de Andranomena, Morandawa region. Forêt de Andranomena is geographically close to Forêt de Kirindy, and the authors tentatively included this material in this species.

Distribution: Toliara ( Madagascar).

Notes: Holotype F at CAS ( CAS 18501) (2 slides OSAL092006–07 View Materials ) . Other specimens at CAS, OSAL, UQROO. Some specimens also in RMNH (Karen van Dorp. pers. com.) .

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the collecting locality, the town of Kirindy.