Neocarus comalensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2015

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4361401
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scientific name	Neocarus comalensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2015
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6.7. Neocarus comalensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2015 View in CoL

Neocarus comalensis Vázquez & Klompen 2015: 538– 542 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs. 1B, 2, 3B, 4B–C, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B–D, 9B (original description)

Holotype: F ( CNAC 007217 ; 4 slides). MEXICO, Guerrero, El Comal, elevation 1749 m (in Guerrero Mountains on Pacific side), 18°27’36.0”N 99°24’36.0”W; colls. O. Francke, H. Montaño; under stones in low tropical forest; coll. event no. CNAC 005975 . GoogleMaps

Paratypes: Same collection event data: M ( CNAC 007218 , 3 slides); F ( OSAL 0105726 View Materials , 4 View Materials slides); F ( OSAL 0105741 View Materials , 4 View Materials slides); F ( OSAL 0105737 View Materials , 4 View Materials slides); M ( OSAL 0105734 View Materials , 3 View Materials slides); M ( OSAL 0105745 View Materials , 3 View Materials slides); M ( OSAL 0105748 View Materials , 3 View Materials slides); M ( OSAL 0105730 View Materials , 4 View Materials slides); TN ( OSAL 0105751 View Materials , 3 View Materials slides) .

Distribution: Guerrero ( Mexico).

Notes: Holotype F ( CNAC 007217 ) and one paratype M ( CNAC 007218 ) at CNAC; paratypes at OSAL, UQROO. The authors did not include when the material was collected.

Etymology: Derived from the primary collection locality, El Comal, Guerrero, Mexico. Comal is a Nahuatl word for an extended disk used by Mexicans to cook tortillas.