Neocarus simmonsi Bernardi, Zampaulo & Oliveira, 2020

Araújo, Marcel Santos De, Palma, Antonella Di & Feres, Reinaldo José Fazzio, 2020, Catalog of the Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes), Zootaxa 4895 (3), pp. 332-356 : 346-347

6.18 Neocarus simmonsi Bernardi, Zampaulo & Oliveira, 2020

Neocarus simmonsi Bernardi et al. (2020) : 14 -21, figs 1-12 (original description)

Holotype: F ( UFMG-AC). BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, S„o Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo city, cave MDIR_0020, 19°53’55”S, 43°28’22”W Datum WGS84, 10.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira & L.F.O. Bernardi.

Paratypes: same data of holotype with exceptions; 2 F, M( MZLQ), Cave PDI_0034, 19°53’48.99”S, 43°28’15.29”W, 06.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; F ( MZLQ), cave PDI_0029, 19°53’29.61”S, 43°28’19.74”W, 26.NOV.2015, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; F ( MZLQ), cave PDI_0059, 19°54’0.75”S, 43°28’9.91”W, 09.JAN.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; M ( ISLA), cave PDI_0039, 19°53’51.37”S, 43°28’12.51”W, 05.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; 2 F, M ( ISLA), cave PDI_0024, 19°53’38.98”S, 43°28’39.14”W, 26.NOV.2015, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; F ( ISLA), cave PDI_0031, 19°53’49.62”S, 44°28’13.36”W, 06.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; M ( UFMG-AC), cave PDI_0052, 19°53’59.82”S, 43°28’7.34”W, 17.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; 3 F, M ( UFMG-AC), cave PDI_0065, 19°53’58.12”S, 43°28’14.68”W, 12.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; F ( UFMG-AC), cave PDI_ 0059, 19°54’0.75”S, 43°28’9.91”W, 19.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; M ( UFMG-AC), cave PDI_0084, 19°53’52.83”S, 43°28’11.95”W, 24.NOV.2015, coll. M.P. Oliveira ; F ( UFMG-AC), cave MDIR_0015/16, 19°53’28.88”S, 43°27’40.17”W, 10.OCT.2016, coll. M.P. Oliveira.

Distribution: Minas Gerais ( Brazil).

Etymology: The specific name is in honor of George C. Simmons due his contributions to studies on cave genesis and mineralogy.