Panchaetes dundoensis ( Naudo, 1963 )

Araújo, Marcel Santos De, Palma, Antonella Di & Feres, Reinaldo José Fazzio, 2020, Catalog of the Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes), Zootaxa 4895 (3), pp. 332-356 : 349

8.1. Panchaetes dundoensis ( Naudo, 1963) *

Panchaetes dundoensis Hammen 1977: 49 (new status)

Opilioacarus (Panchaetes) dundoensis condensus Naudo 1963: 22-23 , fig. 10 (original description); Hammen 1977: 49 (junior synonym)

Opilioacarus (Panchaetes) dundoensis: Naudo 1963: 16–22 , figs. 1–9, 11–18. (original description).

Lectotype: F ( MNHN). ANGOLA, Lunda, Dundo, surroundings of Dundo (Lunda Norte), gallery forest of the Luachimo river , in the detritus fallen from shrubs struck with a stick, 29.SEP.1946, station 1385-7, A727, 24A16, coll. A. de Barros Machado.

Paralectotypes: same data as holotype (MNHN), with exceptions. F, in plant detritus of soil, 20.JUN.1949, station 1519-4; F, on the bank of the Luachimo river, in the vegetable detritus of the soil in the shade of shrubs, 12.FEB.1949, station 1286-6; 4 M, forest of Dundundo springs, among soil detritus, 10.MAR.1954, station 3515-5; L,Dundundo River swamp forest in rubbish soil plants, JUN.1949, station 1525-10; nymph (not specified), Luachimo River gallery forest, in rubbish soil plants, 20.VI.1949, station 1519-4; nymph (not specified), forest on the left bank of Tchihumbuè, in plant detritus from the soil, 15.MAY.1949, station 1493-5.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from Dundo city, in which these specimens were collected in its surroundings.

Distribution: Dundo, Lunda ( Angola).

Note: Naudo (1963) did not specify holotypes and paratypes, being a syntype series, despite the slides of specimens bear such information of holotype and paratypes.