Zerconella (Metazercon) athiasae (Błaszak, 1975), Blaszak, 1975

Ujvári, Zsolt, 2010, Zerconella Willmann, 1953, a forgotten group of Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 2558, pp. 33-47 : 37

Zerconella (Metazercon) athiasae (Błaszak, 1975)

( Figs 5–6 , 22 )

Metazercon athiasae Błaszak, 1975a: 561 ; 1975b: 267; 1979: 92; Halašková, 1979: 29. Metazercon athiasi .— Błaszak 1976: 532.

Diagnosis. Dorsal setae needle-like, elongated, except setae J5 which are short. Setae of J-series diverging posteriorly. Glands gdJ5 (Po3) situated laterally to setae J5. Margin of opisthonotum with 7–8 pairs of setae. A single pair of large, flat dorsal cavities present, with undulate margins and axes converging posteriorly. Three small, lobe-like structures present above level of dorsal cavities, lateral lobes with well-sclerotised anterolateral margins. Anterior surface of opisthonotum with reticulate pattern, posterior surface covered by small pits.

Distribution. Korean Peninsula.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 6. Zerconella species. 3. Dorsal idiosoma of Z. (Zerconella) leitnerae; 4. Ventral idiosoma of Z. (Zerconella) leitnerae; 5. Dorsal idiosoma of Z. (Metazercon) athiasae; 6. Ventral idiosoma of Z. (Metazercon) athiasae.

FIGURES 21 – 25. Epistome of Zerconella species. 21. Z. (Zerconella) leitnerae; 22. Z. (Metazercon) athiasae; 23. Z. (Metazercon) mahunkai; 24. Z. (Metazercon) rafalskii (modified after Błaszak); 25. Zerconella (Metazercon) lobata sp. nov.