Genus: Prozercon Sellnick, 1943

Prozercon Sellnick, 1943 in Willmann, 1943: 211; Sellnick, 1944: 40; 1958a: 362; 1958b: 125; Halašková, 1963: 145; 1969: 344; 1977: 70; Karg, 1971: 303; 1993: 310; Błaszak, 1974: 65; 1976: 565; 1978: 318; 1979: 77; Petrova, 1977a: 583; Balan, 1992b: 34; Urhan & Ayyıldız, 1992: 84; 1996a: 570; 1996c: 259; Urhan, 1998b: 533; 2008: 103; Mašán & Fenďa, 2004: 62; Ujvári, 2011d: 3; Karaca et al., 2017a; 604; Urhan & Karaca, 2020; 92; 2023b: 9; 2023c: 96; Keçeci et al., 2021; 38.

Type species: Zercon fimbriatus C. L. Koch, 1839 by original designation.

Peritrematal shield extending behind to coxae IV and posterior part extending to setae R 4 or R 5. Two setae present on peritrematal shield: r1 short, smooth or finely plumose, r3 short and smooth. No gap between peritrematal shield and the edge of the podonotum. Adgenital shields (gland pore gv2) absent. Opisthonotum with seven or eight pairs of marginal setae (S1 + R 1– R 6 or S1 + R 1– R 7). Anterior margin of ventrianal shield always with one pair of setae (JV 1), setae ZV1 absent (Karaca et al. 2017a).