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Issue: Vol. 5322 No. 1: 28 Jul. 2023
Type: Monograph
Published: 2023-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5322.1.1
Page range: 1-66
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Genus-level revision of the Heterozerconoidea (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata)

Acarology Collection; Ohio State University; 1315 Kinnear Rd.; Columbus; OH 43212; U.S.A.
Washington State University; Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center; Mount Vernon; WA 98273; U.S.A
Acari Heterozerconidae Discozerconidae phylogeny Myriapoda mating system

Abstract

The genera of Heterozerconoidea are revised based on a species-level analysis of relationships in the group. The family Discozerconidae in its current state may be paraphyletic. Diagnoses for the genera are updated, and a catalog of all described species is provided. As part of this re-analysis two new genera, Amyzozercon and Ecuazercon, and four new species are described, and a key to the genera is provided. Possible evolutionary implications of the proposed set of relationships in terms of biogeography and the evolution of podospermy are discussed.

 

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