Prozercon yavuzi Urhan, 1998

Bilki, Kamil, Urhan, Raşit & Karaca, Mehmet, 2022, Mites of the family Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Southwestern Turkey, with description of three new species, Acarological Studies 4 (2), pp. 89-103 : 90-91

Prozercon yavuzi Urhan, 1998

Materials examined: 13 females: soil, litter and moss samples under Aleppo oak ( Quercus infectoria ) and lentisk ( Pistacia lentiscus ), 36°50.321' N, 28°21.535' E, 97 m a.s.l., vicinity of Aksaz neighborhood, 24 October 2020.

Short desription: On podonotum, seta j5 short, smooth and needle-like, remaining setae pilose or plumose. On opisthonotum, great majority of setae elongated and pilose or plumose, including marginal setae S1 and R 1. Remaining marginal setae ( R 2–6) short, smooth and needle-like. Seta S4 absent. Setae S3 and S5 reaching to beyond of opisthonotum. Pores gdS2 located between setae Z2 and S2, gdZ3 located between setae J3 and Z3–4, closer to Z3–4. Dorsal cavities distinct and weakly developed. Anterior margin of ventrianal shield with one pair of setae (JV1), glands gv2 absent. Posterolateral tips of peritrematal shield reach to level of setae R 1 ( Urhan, 1998; Ujvári, 2008, 2011; Bilki, 2021; Bulut et al., 2021).

Turkish distribution: Aydın, Balıkesir, Denizli, İstanbul, Muğla ( Bulut et al., 2021).

Known distribution: Turkey ( Urhan, 1998), Greece ( Ujvári, 2008, 2011).