Prozercon carsticus Halašková

Ujvári, Zsolt, 2011, Six new species of Prozercon Sellnick, 1943 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Zerconidae) from Greece, with remarks on the genus, Zootaxa 2785, pp. 1-31 : 6

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.

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 39. New occurences of Prozercon species found in Greece.