Panchaetes: Hammen 1977: 44 (new status)
Opilioacarus (Panchaetes) Naudo 1963:16 (original description).
Type species:Panchaetes papillosus (André, 1947): 16, by original designation.
Etymology: Mite with numerous setae.
Notes: Naudo introduced the name as a subgenus, and later it was elevated to genus status by Hammen (1977).