Opilioacarus

Opilioacarus is a genus of opilioacarid mites native to the Mediterranean region. The following species are recognised:^[2]

• Opilioacarus baeticus Moraza et al. 2022, Iberian Peninsula^[2]
• Opilioacarus brignolii Araújo & di Palma, 2018, Southern Italy, Sardinia
• Opilioacarus italicus (With, 1904) Sicily
• Opilioacarus segmentatus With, 1902 Greece, Algeria, Uzbekistan? (possibly in need of splitting^[2])
• †Opilioacarus aenigmus Dunlop et al. 2004 Baltic amber, Eocene
• †?Opilioacarus groehni Dunlop & Bernardi, 2014 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) (tentatively placed in this genus)

Opilioacarus Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Photo of Opilioacarus baeticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opilioacarida
Family:	Opilioacaridae
Genus:	Opilioacarus With, 1902 [1]
Type species
Opilioacarus segmentatus With, 1902

The following species have been transferred elsewhere:

• Opilioacarus bajacalifornicus Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus nicaraguensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus nohbecanus Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus ojastii (Lehtinen, 1980)
• Opilioacarus orghidani Juvara-Bals & Baltac, 1977
• Opilioacarus platensis Silvestri, 1905
• Opilioacarus siankaanensis Vázquez & Klompen, 2002
• Opilioacarus texanus (Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1942)
• Opilioacarus vanderhammeni Juvara-Bals & Baltac, 1977