Abstract
A short review of the characters used for generic determination in the family Zerconidae is presented. The subgenus Zercon (Zerconella) Willmann, 1953 is elevated to full generic rank on the basis of the shape of peritreme, peritrematal setae, and epistome, and the presence of post-genital sclerites. The genus Metazercon Błaszak, 1975 is considered to be a subgenus of Zerconella, and Zerconella is divided into the subgenera Zerconella (Zerconella) and Zerconella (Metazercon). The following new combinations are listed: Zerconella (Metazercon) athiasae (Błaszak, 1975) comb. nov., Zerconella (Metazercon) mahunkai (Halašková, 1979) comb. nov., Zerconella (Metazercon) rafalskii (Błaszak, Kaczmarek & Lee, 1997) comb. nov. A new species, Zerconella (Metazercon) lobata sp. nov., is described from alpine broad-leaved forests in Taiwan. Diagnoses, figures and a key to species of Zerconella are provided.
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