Genus-level revision of the Heterozerconoidea (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata)
Author
Klompen, Hans
klompen.1@osu.edu
Author
Gerdeman, Beverly S.
klompen.1@osu.edu
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-07-28
5322
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1
66
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5322.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5322.1.1
1175-5326
8203657
DD295EE6-AB3F-4377-900E-CC76F1C6BC2D
Heterozerconoidea
Diagnosis: Movable digit in adults with thin, strap-like dorsal extension (2); gnathotectum without prominent points (15); median dorsal setae minute (31); genitiventral and anal shields not fused (66, reversed within some
Heterozerconidae
); some marginal opisthosomal setae flattened (77.2); acrotarsus on legs I present (82); setae
av4
and
pv4
on tarsi IV absent (101).
Remarks: As noted in the character discussion, possession of opisthogastral suckers (63) is not assumed to be an apomorphy for this grouping, as homology of the discozerconid and the heterozerconid suckers is uncertain.