Two new species of Prozercon Sellnick, 1943 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Zerconidae) from Bulgaria

Abstract

Examination of a large collection of unsorted soil extractions from several soil zoological expeditions in Bulgaria revealed two new species of Prozercon. Prozercon bulgariensis sp. nov. shows morphological relationship to an Iranian species, Prozercon dominiaki Błaszak, 1979, and seems to be widespread in Rila and Balkan mountains. Prozercon similiformis sp. nov. is morphologically related to a Carpathian species, Prozercon similis Balan, 1992, and inhabits the western parts of Bulgaria.

http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72708941-490C-4516-A6B6-C81232B61FF5

Keywords:

• Mesostigmata
• Zerconidae
• Prozercon
• new species
• Bulgaria

Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 72744, 100369).