{{Short description|Genus of mites}} {{Automatic Taxobox | taxon = Opilioacarus | authority = With, 1902 <ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=734592 |taxon=''Opilioacarus''}}</ref> | type_species = ''Opilioacarus segmentatus'' | type_species_authority = With, 1902 | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Eocene|Recent|earliest=Cenomanian}} | image = Opilioacarus_baeticus_(cropped).png | image_caption = Photo of ''Opilioacarus baeticus'' }}
'''''Opilioacarus''''' is a genus of opilioacarid mites native to the Mediterranean region. The following species are recognised:<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Moraza |first=María L. |last2=Prieto |first2=Carlos E. |last3=Balanzategui |first3=Iñaki |date=2021-03-30 |title=A new species of the genus Opilioacarus With, 1902 (Acari: Opilioacarida) for the Iberian Peninsula |url=https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4422 |journal=Acarologia |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=128–147 |doi=10.24349/acarologia/20214422|doi-access=free }}</ref> *''Opilioacarus baeticus'' <small>Moraza et al. 2022</small>, Iberian Peninsula<ref name=":0" /> *''Opilioacarus brignolii'' <small>Araújo & di Palma, 2018</small>, Southern Italy, Sardinia *''Opilioacarus italicus'' <small>(With, 1904)</small> Sicily *''Opilioacarus segmentatus'' <small>With, 1902</small> Greece, Algeria, Uzbekistan? (possibly in need of splitting<ref name=":0" />) *{{Extinct}}''Opilioacarus aenigmus'' <small>Dunlop ''et al.'' 2004</small> Baltic amber, Eocene *{{Extinct}}''?Opilioacarus groehni'' <small>Dunlop & Bernardi, 2014</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) (tentatively placed in this genus) The following species have been transferred elsewhere:{{citation needed|date=December 2025}} *''Opilioacarus bajacalifornicus'' <small>Vázquez & Klompen, 2002</small> *''Opilioacarus nicaraguensis'' <small>Vázquez & Klompen, 2002</small> *''Opilioacarus nohbecanus'' <small>Vázquez & Klompen, 2002</small> *''Opilioacarus ojastii'' <small>(Lehtinen, 1980)</small> *''Opilioacarus orghidani'' <small>Juvara-Bals & Baltac, 1977</small> *''Opilioacarus platensis'' <small>Silvestri, 1905</small> *''Opilioacarus siankaanensis'' <small>Vázquez & Klompen, 2002</small> *''Opilioacarus texanus'' <small>(Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1942)</small> *''Opilioacarus vanderhammeni'' <small>Juvara-Bals & Baltac, 1977</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Opilioacarus}}
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Category:Mite genera
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