Zercon colligans Berlese, 1920

Urhan, Raşit, Karaca, Mehmet & Kassen, Zhanerke, 2024, A new zerconid mite (Mesostigmata: Zerconidae) from Southwestern Türkiye: Zercon tripolisensis sp. nov., Acarological Studies 6 (1), pp. 52-59 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.47121/acarolstud.1382338
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A3DFF0A3-A802-4FA4-8511-EB4201EF27B7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12192617
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039EE32C-FFD1-FFF3-FF9E-1719FC7CF901
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Zercon colligans Berlese, 1920
status

Treatment

Materials examined: 421 F, 342 M, 192 DN, 109 PN: soil, litter and moss samples under various plants ( Table 1), 38°2.812' N, 28°57.463' E, 815 m a.s.l., vicinity of neighborhood cemetery, 16 August 2018. 518 F, 291 M, 96 DN, 98 PN: soil, litter and moss samples under various plants ( Table 1), 38°2.670' N, 28°57.521' E, 620 m a.s.l., east side of the ancient city, 15 November 2018. 52 F, nine M, four DN, two PN: soil, litter and moss samples under various plants ( Table 1), 38°2.537' N, 28°57.343' E, 750 m a.s.l., vicinity of fortification wall of the ancient city, 15 April 2019.

Short description: Anterior margin of ventrianal shield with one pair of setae (seta JV1 present, seta ZV1 absent). On podonotum, setae j1, r4–5 and s6 finely barbed without hyaline endings, remaining podonotal setae smooth and needle-like. On opisthonotum, setae J1–2, Z1– 2 and S2 smooth and needle-like, S1 and R 1-6 finely barbed without hyaline endings, J3–5, Z3–5 and S3–5 elongated, finely barbed with hyaline endings, longer than other opisthonotal setae. Seta JV5 similar in length and shape to marginal R setae. Only setae Z5 and S5 reaching to beyond of opisthonotum. Pores gdS2 located between setae J2 and S3, gdZ3 located between setae J4 and Z4. Dorsal cavities distinct and strongly developed. Podonotum and anterior margin of opisthonotum covered with tile-like patterns, mid-area to posterior margin of opisthonotum covered by irregular punctate patterns.

Distribution in Türkiye: Afyonkarahisar, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Denizli, Edirne, Erzurum, Giresun, İstanbul, İzmir, Kırklareli, Kütahya, Manisa, Muğla, Tekirdağ, Uşak ( Urhan and Karaca, 2022, 2023a- c).

Known distribution: Austria, France, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Swiss, Türkiye ( Urhan and Karaca, 2023a).