Opilioacarus aenigmus Dunlop et al. 2010 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Opilioacaridae

Full reference: J. A. Dunlop, C. Sempf, and J. Wunderlich. 2010. A new opilioacarid mite in Baltic Amber. European Arachnology 2008 59-70

Belongs to Opilioacarus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Dunlop et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: no. F1882/ BB/AC/CJW, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection)

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