Myrmozercon
Creators: name: Joharchi, Omid
name: Moradi, Maryam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Myrmozercon

description: Key to species of Myrmozercon occurring in the Palaearctic Region
1. Dorsal shield setation hypotrichous, covered with a maximum of ca. 50 pairs of setae (Fig. 14)........................ 3
- Dorsal shield highly hypertrichous, covered with dense pelage of>100 pairs of short setae (Fig. 1).................... 2
2. Leg I very long, which at least 1.5 times as long as length of body........................ M. crinitus Joharchi sp. nov
- Leg I much shorter than length of body............. Myrmozercon brevipes Berlese 1902 (= M. ovatum Karawajew, 1909)
3. Peritreme relatively long, extending to coxa II (Fig. 16)....................................................... 4
- Peritreme short, not extending past anterior margin of coxa III (Fig. 2).......................................... 10
4. Femur I with four or fewer ventral setae.................................................................... 5
- Femur I with five ventral setae..................................................... M. flexuosa (Michael, 1891)
5. Metasternal setae st 4 present............................................................................. 6
- Metasternal setae st 4 absent............................................................................. 8
6. Dorsal shield oval and posteriorly truncate, leaving small unprotected strip of skin posterior to setae J5, genital shield wide, tapering posteriorly................................................................................... 7
- Dorsal shield obovate and posteriorly curved, leaving large unprotected area of skin posterior to setae J5, genital shield narrow, finger-shaped posteriorly......................................................... M. brachiatus (Berlese, 1903)
7. Dorsal setae smooth and needle-like, all setae on femura II–IV fine and needle-like......... M. acuminatus (Berlese, 1903)
- Almost all dorsal setae distinctly serrate in apical third, all anterior dorsal setae on femura II–IV thickened.................................................................................... Myrmozercon michaeli Joharchi sp. nov.
8. Almost all dorsal shield setae serrate, especially marginal and posterior of dorsal shield setae......................... 9
- Almost all dorsal shield setae simple........................................... M. clarus (Hunter & Hunter, 1963)
9. Dorsal shield with 31 pairs of setae................................................. M. liguricus Vitzthum, 1930
- Dorsal shield with 34 pairs of setae.......................................... M. tauricus Trach & Khaustov, 2011
10. Metasternal setae st 4 present............................................................................ 11
- Metasternal setae st 4 absent....................................... Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian & Joharchi, 2013
11. Genital shield pointed posteriorly........................................................................ 12
- Genital shield truncate posteriorly.......................................... M. antennophoroides (Berlese, 1904)
12. Posterior half of the dorsal shield with at least 19 pairs of setae......................... M. diplogenius (Berlese, 1903)
- Posterior half of the dorsal shield with 15 pairs of setae............................ M. karajensis Joharchi et al., 2011
description: Published as part of Joharchi, Omid & Moradi, Maryam, 2013, Review of the genus Myrmozercon Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae), with description of two new species from Iran, pp. 244-254 in Zootaxa 3686 (2) on page 253, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/217216