First records of Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) south of the Tropic of Cancer, Mexico, with description of five new species

Ujvári, Zsolt

doi:10.1080/01647954.2010.502907

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“…The presence of zerconids in various soil substrates shows that they can be used as bioindicators for environmental changes (Sikora, 2014).The members of Zerconidae are well known from the Holarctic region (Krantz, 1978). However, in recent years there have been some locality reports from the alpine zone of Central Mexico and Taiwan (Ma et al, 2011;Ujvári, 2011aUjvári, , 2011bUjvári, , 2012. At present, approximately 40 genera, which comprise more than 400 species, are known worldwide.…”

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Zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in İstanbul,with four new records for the Turkish fauna

Duran¹,

Urhan²

2017

Turk J Zool

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According to recent molecular systematic studies, the family Zerconidae belongs to suborder Monogynaspida, cohort Gamasina, and superfamily Zerconoidea (Sikora, 2014). Zerconid mites are important members of the soil fauna, colonizing various soil substrates (Karaca and Urhan, 2015a). They are free-living and mostly associated with humus, soil, decomposed litter, leaf mold, plant parts, and mosses (Urhan, 2010a). Their body lengths vary between 200 and 700 µm. These small, predatory mites feed on the eggs, larvae, and nymphs of other mites and springtails (Shereef et al., 1984;Martikainen and Huhta, 1990). Their dorsal shields are divided into two separate parts: the podonotum and opisthonotum. These mites are weakly sclerotized and their life cycle includes 4 active stages: larva, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult. The presence of zerconids in various soil substrates shows that they can be used as bioindicators for environmental changes (Sikora, 2014).The members of Zerconidae are well known from the Holarctic region (Krantz, 1978). However, in recent years there have been some locality reports from the alpine zone of Central Mexico and Taiwan (Ma et al., 2011;Ujvári, 2011aUjvári, , 2011bUjvári, , 2012. At present, approximately 40 genera, which comprise more than 400 species, are known worldwide. Only two genera, Prozercon and Zercon, and 88 species were known from Turkey until now (Karaca and Urhan, 2014, 2015b). In Turkey, the first study on zerconid mites was published by Polish acarologist Błaszak (1979) based on samples collected from the Amanos Mountains, Bolu Province, and the surrounding area, collected by Dominiak and Pawlowski. From 1992 to date, further studies about zerconids in Turkey have been made by

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Zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in İstanbul,with four new records for the Turkish fauna

Duran¹,

Urhan²

2017

Turk J Zool

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“…The members of the family Zerconidae are well known from the Holarctic region (Krantz 1978), however, in recent years there have been reports from the alpine zone of Central Mexico and Thailand (Ma et al 2011, Ujvári 2011a, b, 2012 as well. At present, approximately 40 A genera consisting of some 400 species are known worldwide.…”

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The diversity of zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in Giresun province, with a new record for the Turkish fauna

Karaca¹,

Urhan²

2015

Opusc Zool

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“…In this species setae J5 in females are 4-5 times longer than J1-J4, while in males J5 is only 2-3 times longer than J1-J4. Differences between sexes with regard to opisthonotal chaetotaxy have also been found in Z. mexicanus, Z. wisniewskii and Z. shevtchenkoi (Błaszak & Skorupski 1992;Ujvári 2011a;Faleńczyk-Koziróg et al 2018). In the latter two species, however, all J-setae are short in males, while in females setae J1-J3 are short and J4-J5 are considerably longer.…”

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“…In the latter two species, however, all J-setae are short in males, while in females setae J1-J3 are short and J4-J5 are considerably longer. Ujvári (2011a) in addition predicted dimorphism in J-series setae in Z. quetzalcoatl (only male described, same locus typicus as in Z. mexicanus).…”

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A new species of Zercon (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) from Norway, with notes on sexual dimorphism in Zerconidae

Kaczmarek

Marquardt

Seniczak

2021

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In this paper we describe and illustrate Zercon hamaricus sp. nov. based on all postembryonic stages obtained from soil samples and laboratory cultures. The new species belongs to a species group in which dorsal setae J1–J4 in females are short and similar in length, and J5 are considerably longer. In most species of this group opisthonotal setae J5 and Z4 are clearly displaced anteriorly. Zercon hamaricus sp. nov. is most similar to Z. forsslundi Sellnick, 1958 and to a less extent to Z. polonicus Błaszak, 1970. The females of Z. forsslundi, Z. polonicus and Z. hamaricus sp. nov. can be distinguished based on the range of J5, the length and character of the Z and S-series setae, the distance between setae Z5 and the location of gdZ3. We also include comparative information on other related species of Zercon. The new species is one of the six known species that have clearly visible sexual dimorphism in opisthonotal chaetotaxy.

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First records of Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) south of the Tropic of Cancer, Mexico, with description of five new species

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in İstanbul,with four new records for the Turkish fauna

Zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in İstanbul,with four new records for the Turkish fauna

The diversity of zerconid mites (Acari, Zerconidae) in Giresun province, with a new record for the Turkish fauna

A new species of Zercon (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) from Norway, with notes on sexual dimorphism in Zerconidae

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