Catalog of the Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes) Author Araújo, Marcel Santos De Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Via Washington Luís, km 235, Caixa Postal 676, CEP 13565 - 905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. Author Palma, Antonella Di Department of Agriculture Food Natural Science Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122, Foggia, Italy. Author Feres, Reinaldo José Fazzio Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rua Cristóvão Colombo 2265, São José do Rio Preto CEP 15054 - 000, Brazil text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-16 4895 3 332 356 journal article 9280 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.2 d2e6cfb5-f377-411b-b1be-5b3bb4135c9e 1175-5326 4326711 D2CCF661-B1C9-45A5-B344-E01C519716C5 6.16. Neocarus proteus Bernardi, Klompen, Zacarias & Ferreira, 2013 Neocarus proteus Bernardi et al. 2013: 72–86 , figs. 3–34 (original description) Holotype : F ( MZLQ ). BRAZIL , Minas Gerais , Mariana municipality, 20°20’49.3”S , 43°26’50.8”W , epigean, 21.DEC.2011 , coll. T.G. Pellegrini , M.F.V.R. Souza , M.S. Silva , D.C. Pompeu and R.L. Ferreira. Paratypes : 2 M ( ISLA ), BRAZIL , Minas Gerais : Mariana municipality, 20°20’57.1”S , 43°26’37.5”W , coll. T.G. Pellegrini , M.F.V.R. Souza , M.S. Silva , D.C. Pompeu and R.L. Ferreira , 17.NOV.2011 ; same locality and collectors: 20°20’57.1”S , 43°26’37.5”W , 14.NOV.2011 , TN , 2 F , 6 M ( OSAL ); 20°20’53.6”S , 43°26’47.6”W , 18.NOV.2011 , DN , TN , 2F , M ( MZLQ ); 20°20’57.3”S , 43°26’32.7”W , 19.NOV.2011 , PN , 2 DN , F, 2M ( OSAL ); 20°20’49.3”S , 43°26’50.8”W , 21.DEC.2011 , F ( ISLA ); 20°20’57.5”S , 43°26’37.2”W , 25.NOV.2011 , 2 PN , 6 DN , 10 TN , 5 F , 6 M ( ISLA ); 20°20’57.1”S , 43°26’37.5”W , 14.DEC.2011 , 2 F , 7 M , TN ( ISLA ). Distribution: Minas Gerais ( Brazil ). Etymology: Proteus comes from the adjective Greek protean , meaning versatile, mutable, capable of assuming many forms.