Prozercon tragardhi

• Main Authors: Bilki, Kamil, Urhan, Raşit, Karaca, Mehmet
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Zerconidae; Prozercon; Prozercon tragardhi; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10377902; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/5318442C2059FFD2FCBEFDE9FBAD36B5

Prozercon tragardhi (Halbert, 1923) Materials examined: One female and two males: moss samples, 36°48.940' N, 28°11.511' E, 43 m a.s.l., vicinity of İÇmeler neighborhood, 17 May 2020. Seven females and two males: soil and litter samples under common myrtle ( Myrtus communis ), 36°47.459' N, 28°11.515' E, 140 m a.s.l., vicinity of İÇmeler neighborhood, 17 May 2020. Eight females and two males: soil and litter samples under Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ) and Aleppo oak ( Quercus infectoria ), 36°51.171' N, 28°12.625' E, 130 m a.s.l., vicinity of Yeşilbelde neighborhood, 17 May 2020. Three females and one PN: soil and litter samples under pink rock-rose ( Cistus creticus ), 36°51.014' N, 28°12.552' E, 124 m a.s.l., vicinity of Yeşilbelde neighborhood, 17 May 2020. 25 females and two males: soil, litter and moss samples under various plants (see Table 8), 36°45.366' N, 28°13.532' E, 529 m a.s.l., vicinity of Bozburun-Osmaniye road, 13 March 2021. Short desription: On podonotum, seta j5 short, smooth and needle-like, remaining setae pilose or plumose. On opisthonotum, great majority of setae elongated and pilose or plumose, excluding marginal setae. All marginal setae ( S1 and R 1–6 ) short, smooth and needle-like. Setae S3–5 reaching to beyond of opisthonotum. Pores gdS2 located between setae Z2 and S2 , gdZ3 located between setae Z3 and S4 , closer to Z3 . Dorsal cavities distinct and weakly developed. Anterior margin of ventrianal shield with one pair of setae ( JV1 ), glands gv2 absent. Posterolateral tips of peritrematal shield reach to level of setae R 1–2 (Bilki, 2021). Turkish distribution: Denizli, Erzurum, Giresun, İstanbul, Kırklareli, Kütahya, Tekirdağ (Bilki, 2021), Muğla (present study). Known distribution: Austria, Czechia, England, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine (Bilki, 2021). Published as part of Bilki, Kamil, Urhan, Raşit & Karaca, Mehmet, 2022, Mites of the family Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) ...