Heterozerconidae
Encyclopedia
Heterozerconidae is a small family of mite
s in the order Mesostigmata
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Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
s in the order Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. Unlike most members of that group, many of these mites are not parasitic but free-living and predatory. They can be recognized by the single pair of spiracles positioned laterally on the body....
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Species
Heterozerconidae contains eight genera, with 14 recognized species:- Genus Afroheterozercon Fain, 1989
- Afroheterozercon spirostreptus (Fain, 1988)
- Afroheterozercon pachybolus (Fain, 1988)
- Afroheterozercon ancoratus Fain, 1989
- Genus Allozercon Vitzthum, 1926
- Allozercon fecundissimus Vitzthum, 1926
- Genus Amheterozercon Fain, 1989
- Amheterozercon oudemansi (Finnegan, 1931)
- Genus Asioheterozercon Fain, 1989
- Asioheterozercon audax (Berlese, 1910)
- 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 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)