Heterozerconidae Explained

Heterozerconidae is a small family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.

Species

Heterozerconidae contains eight genera, with 14 recognized species:^[1]

• Genus Afroheterozercon Fain, 1989^[2]
  • Afroheterozercon spirostreptus (Fain, 1988)
  • Afroheterozercon cautus (Berlese, 1924)
  • Afroheterozercon pachybolus (Fain, 1988)
  • Afroheterozercon ancoratus Fain, 1989
  • Afroheterozercon mahsbergi Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013
  • Afroheterozercon sanghae Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013
  • Afroheterozercon gabonensis Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013
  • Afroheterozercon goodmani Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013
  • Afroheterozercon tanzaniensis Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013
  • Afroheterozercon madagascariensis Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013
• Genus Allozercon Vitzthum, 1926
  • Allozercon audax (Berlese, 1910)^[3]
  • Allozercon fecundissimus Vitzthum, 1926
• Genus Amheterozercon Fain, 1989
  • Amheterozercon oudemansi (Finnegan, 1931)
• Genus Atacoseius Berlese, 1905
  • Atacoseius pellucens Berlese, 1905
• Genus Heterozercon Berlese, 1888
  • Heterozercon degeneratus Berlese, 1888
  • Heterozercon microsuctus Fain, 1989
  • Heterozercon spirostreptus Fain, 1988
• Genus Maracazercon Fain, 1989
  • Maracazercon joliveti Fain, 1989
• Genus Philippinozercon Gerdeman, Garcia, Herczak & Klompen, 2018^[3]
  • Philippinozercon makilingensis Gerdeman, Garcia, Herczak & Klompen, 2018^[3]
• Genus Zeterohercon C. H. W. Flechtmann & D. E. Johnston, 1990
  • Zeterohercon amphisbaenae C. H. W. Flechtmann & D. E. Johnston, 1990
  • Zeterohercon elegans (Lizaso, 1981)
  • Zeterohercon oudemansi (Finnegan, 1931)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joel Hallan. Heterozerconidae Species Listing. Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100807082726/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Heterozerconidae.txt. 7 August 2010.
2. Klompen, Hans . Amin, Milan . Gerdeman, Beverly S. . A revision of the genus Afroheterozercon (Acari: Heterozerconidae). . . 2013 . 3626 . 3 . 301–325 .
3. Gerdeman, Beverly S. . Garcia, Rufino C. . Herczak, Andrew . Klompen, Hans . Philippinozercon, a new genus of Heterozerconidae (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata), with description of all active instars . . 28 December 2018 . 4540 . 1 . 7–22 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4540.1.4 . 10 July 2019. . 1175-5334.