Neocarus coronatus Araújo & Feres, 2018

Araújo, Marcel Santos De, Palma, Antonella Di & Feres, Reinaldo José Fazzio, 2020, Catalog of the Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes), Zootaxa 4895 (3), pp. 332-356 : 344

6.8. Neocarus coronatus Araújo & Feres, 2018 *

Neocarus coronatus Araújo et al. 2018: 4-6 , figs. 2A-12D (original description)

Holotype: F ( DZSJRP10707 ). BRAZIL, Bahia, S„o Desidério, Gruta do Sumidouro do Jo„o Baio , 12°22’27.6”S 44°53’31.7”W, coll. M.E. Bichuette, J.E. Gall„o, D. Monteiro-Neto, 2.NOV.2011, collected by hand.

Paratypes: M ( DZSJRP10706 ) , same data as holotype; M ( DZSJRP10709 ) , Brazil, Bahia, S„o Desidério, Gruta do Cat „o (twilight zone), 12°22’07.0”S 44°52’03.2”W, coll. M.E. Bichuette, J.E. Gall „o, C.S. Fernandes, D.R. Pedroso, 30.OCT.2011, manual collection; M ( DZSJRP10710 ) , M ( DZSJRP10711 ) , M ( DZSJRP10712 ) , M ( DZSJRP10713 ) , same data; F ( DZSJRP10714 ) , Brazil, Bahia, S„o Desidério, epigean habitats close to Gruta do Cat „o cave, S12°22’07.0” W44°52’03.2 ”, coll. M.E. Bichuette, J.E. Gall „o, C.S. Fernandes, 3.NOV.2012, manual collection; M ( DZSJRP10715 ) , F ( DZSJRP10717 ) , same data .

Distribution: Bahia ( Brazil).

Etymology: From the Latin word “corona”, meaning crown, referring to the density and position of anterior prodorsal shield setae in adults.