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Issue: Vol. 1464 No. 1: 3 May. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-05-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1464.1.3
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Zercon rafaljanus sp. nov., a new zerconid mite (Acari: Mesostigmata:  Zerconidae) from the United States of America

Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Acari Mesostigmata Zerconidae

Abstract

Zerconid mites are an important component of the fauna of soil habitats in the Northern Hemisphere. A total of 20 genera of Zerconidae is known from North America, but only eight species of the genus Zercon C.L. Koch, 1836 have been recorded there (Sellnick 1958; Halašková 1969, 1977; Błaszak 1976, 1980, 1981a, 1981b, 1982, 1984, 1995). A further species is described in this paper. It was found in material from the USA received through the courtesy of Prof. Dr. Jan Rafalski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland).

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