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Prozercon carsticus Halaskova

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Prozercon carsticus Halašková

Prozercon carsticus Halašková, 1963: 150; Vincze, 1965: 244; Karg, 1971: 305; Błaszak, 1974: 65; 1993: 311; Solomon, 1980: 51; Urhan & Ayyildiz, 1996a: 571; 1996b: 260; Urhan, 1998a: 534; Ivan & Cälugär, 2004: 9; Kontschán, 2006b: 130; Papáč et al., 2006: 190, 193; Ujvári & Kontschán, 2007: 107; Błaszak et al., 2007: 105.

Prozercon karsticus.— Petrova, 1977a: 584 (incorrect subsequent spelling).

Prozercon ukrainicus Balan, 1991b: 145 (synonymy by Mašán & Fenďa, 2004).

Material examined (Fig. 36). E-2160, Greece, Drama county, Falakro Mts., beech forest beneath the ski centre, 1186 m a.s.l., N41°17.582’ E24°00.422’, leaf litter, 31.03.2007, leg. Dányi, L., Erőss, Z., Fehér, Z., Kontschán, J., Murányi, D. (10 females, 3 males); E-2171, Greece, Drama county, Falakro Mts., rocky alpine grassland beneath the ski centre, 1350 m a.s.l., N41°17.373’ E24°01.631’, soil of alpine meadow, 30.03.2007, leg. Dányi, L., Erőss, Z., Fehér, Z., Kontschán, J., Murányi, D. (1 female); E-2201, Greece, Xanthi county, Koula Mts., limestone gorge with beech forest north of Oreo, 820 m a.s.l., N41°17.485’ E24°50.767’, leaf litter and dry rotten tree, 03.04.2007, leg. Dányi, L., Erőss, Z., Fehér, Z., Kontschán, J., Murányi, D. (8 females, 1m male); E-2191, Greece, Xanthi county, Koula Mts., Aspro Stream and its gallery beneath Oreo, 550 m a.s.l., N41°16.369’ E24°51.275’, moss on rocks, 03.04.2007, leg. Dányi, L., Erőss, Z., Fehér, Z., Kontschán, J., Murányi, D. (11 females); E-2158, Greece, Drama county, Orvilos Mts., stream in alder gallery, and limestone rocks above Katafito, 823 m a.s.l., N41°20.725’ E23°40.463’, dry rotten wood, 31.03.2007, leg. Dányi, L., Erőss, Z., Fehér, Z., Kontschán, J., Murányi, D. (3 females); E-2183, Greece, Serres county, brook in a beech forest along the Serres-Kato Vrondou road, 916 m a.s.l., N41°14.722’ E23°40.513’, leaf litter, 30.03.2007, leg. Dányi, L., Erőss, Z., Fehér, Z., Kontschán, J., Murányi, D. (10 females, 1 male, 1 DN).

Remarks. This species has been reported from Central Europe (Mašán & Fenďa 2004) and the North Balkan region.This is the first record of the species in Greece.

Notes

Published as part of Ujvári, Zsolt, 2011, Six new species of Prozercon Sellnick, 1943 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Zerconidae) from Greece, with remarks on the genus, pp. 1-31 in Zootaxa 2785 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201023

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Zerconidae
Genus
Prozercon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Halaskova
Species
carsticus
Taxon rank
species

References

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