Draconizercon punctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Epicrioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Epicriina Superfamilia: Epicrioidea

Familia: Zerconidae
Genus: Draconizercon
Species: Draconizercon punctatus

Name

• Draconizercon punctatus Ujvári, 2012: 80

Holotype: NMNS, ♀.

Type locality: Taiwan, Dabachinshan, 2120 m a.s.l., from soil, 25 March 2004, leg. Huang, K-W.

Etymology: The name of the new species refers to the punctuate opisthonotal ornamentation.

References

• Ujvári, Zsolt, 2012: Draconizercon punctatus gen. et sp. nov., a peculiar zerconid mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Zerconidae) from Taiwan. Opuscula entomologica, Budapest, 43(1): 79–87. PDF.