Coprozercon Explained

Coprozercon scopaeus is a species of mite, placed in its own family, Coprozerconidae, in the order Mesostigmata.[1] It was described in 1999 from the feces of the Allegheny woodrat, Neotoma magister, in a cave in Kentucky.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joel Hallan . Coprozerconidae Species Listing . Biology Catalog . . September 4, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022191057/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Coprozerconidae.txt . October 22, 2012 . dead .
  2. M. L. Moraza & E. E. Lindquist . 1998 . Coprozerconidae, a new family of zerconoid mites from North America (Acari: Mesostigmata: Zerconoidea) . . 39 . 4 . 291–313 .