Paleozercon

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Paleozercon
Temporal range: late Pleistocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Zerconidae
Genus:† Paleozercon
Blaszak, Cokendolpher & Polyak, 1995
Species:
†P. cavernicolus
Binomial name
†Paleozercon cavernicolus
Blaszak et al., 1995

Paleozercon is an extinct genus of mites in the family Zerconidae.

The sole described species is P. cavernicolus. [1] [2] It was the first zerconid species to be recorded from a cave outside of Europe. P. cavernicolus differs from related genera in Zerconidae by lacking a characteristic incision in the peritremal shield and possessing a single pair of setae on the anterior margin of the ventroanal shield. It may have been an oligophagous predator which fed on other mites. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Paleozercon". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ↑ "The Paleobiology Database, genus Paleozercon" . Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ↑ Błaszak C, Cokendolpher J, Polyak V (1995). "Paleozercon cavernicolus, n.gen., n.sp., fossil mite from a cave in the Southwestern U.S.A. (Acari, Gamasida: Zerconidae), with a key to Nearctic genera of Zerconidae". International Journal of Acarology. 21 (4): 253–259. doi:10.1080/01647959508684068. S2CID   84777278.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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