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Zercon foveolatus Halaskova

Description

Zercon foveolatus Halašková

Zercon foveolatus Halašková, 1969: 252.

Zercon foveolatus.— Petrova, 1977: 604; Karg, 1993: 315; Urhan, 2008b: 214.

Materials examined. 2 males, soil, litter and moss samples under beech trees (Fagus sp.), 41°58' N, 27°55' E, 109 m, vicinity of Sislioba village, Demirköy district (Kırklareli province), March 2014; 7 females, moss samples on oak trees (Quercus sp.), 40°46' N, 27°13' E, 425 m, vicinity of Ormanlı village, Şarköy district (Tekirdağ province), March 2014.

Distribution. Former Czechoslovakia (Halašková, 1969), Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine (Petrova, 1977; Karg, 1993; Mašán & Fend'a, 2004) and Turkey (Urhan, 2008b).

Remarks. This species was recorded from Kocaeli province before, and we record new localities of this species from Turkey in this paper.

Notes

Published as part of Karaca, Mehmet & Urhan, Raşit, 2016, Five new species of Zercon C. L. Koch, 1836 (Acari: Zerconidae) from northwestern Turkey, pp. 31-59 in Zootaxa 4127 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/271766

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Blattisociidae
Genus
Zercon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Halaskova
Species
foveolatus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Halaskova, V. (1969) Zerconidae of Czechoslovakia (Acari: Mesostigmata). Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Biologica, 3 - 4, 175 - 352.
  • Petrova, A. D. (1977) Family Zerconidae Canestrini, 1891. In: Gilyarov, M. S & Bregetova, N. H. (Eds), A key to the soil - inhabiting Mites, Mesostigmata. Science Press, Leningrad, pp. 577 - 621.
  • Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta), Cohors Gamasina Leach, Raubmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59, 1 - 523.
  • Urhan, R. (2008 b) Zercon foveolatus Halaskova, 1969, a new record of a zerconid mite (Acari, Zerconidae) for the Turkish fauna. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 32, 213 - 215.