Zerconidae Canestrini 1891
Creators: name: Bolger, Thomas
name: Arroyo, Julio
name: Piotrowska, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Zerconidae

description: Family Zerconidae Canestrini, 1891
Prozercon Sellnick, 1943 • Prozercon fimbriatus (Koch, 1839) • Original name: Zercon fimbriatus Koch, 1839. • In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc. 27 (7). • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Zercon trigonus Berlese (Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918).
Irish Records: Moss (Halbert, 1915); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture (Arroyo et al., 2015).
Counties: Limerick, Offaly.
• Prozercon tragardhi (Halbert, 1923)
• Original name: Zercon tragardhi Halbert, 1923.
• In: Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 35: 375.
• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Zercon Trägårdhi Halbert (Halbert, 1923).
Irish Records: Decaying henbane plants (Halbert, 1923).
Counties: Dublin.
Zercon Koch, 1836
• Zercon abaculus Koch, 1839
• Original name: Zercon abaculus Koch, 1839.
• In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc. 27 (4).
Irish Records: Fungal sporocarp (O’Connell, 1994).
Counties: Not specified.
• Zercon colligans Berlese, 1920
• Original name: Zercon perforatulus var. colligans Berlese, 1920.
• In Redia, 14: 190.
Irish Records: Fungal sporocarp (O’Connell, 1994).
Counties: Not specified.
• Zercon curryi Moraza et al., 2009
• Original name: Zercon curryi Moraza et al., 2009.
• In: Zootaxa, 2019: 30.
Irish Records: On bark of oak and in moss on oak, Scots pine, ash; canopy of ash, oak and yew (Moraza et al., 2009; Arroyo et al., 2010, 2012, 2013a, b).
Counties: Clare, Kerry, Laois, Roscommon, Sligo.
• Zercon darai Moraza, 2009
• Original name: Zercon darai Moraza, 2009.
• In: Zootaxa, 2019: 32.
Irish Records: Soil under oak; moss on soil under ash; moss on oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; canopy of ash, oak and Sitka spruce (Moraza et al., 2009; Arroyo et al., 2010, 2012, 2013a, b).
Counties: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Laois, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary.
• Zercon hibernia Moraza et al., 2009
• Original name: Zercon hibernia Moraza et al., 2009.
• In: Zootaxa, 2019: 34.
Irish Records: Soil under oak; bark of ash, Scots pine, Sitka spruce; moss on ash, oak, Scots pine, Sitka spruce; canopy of ash, oak, Scots pine, Sitka spruce and Yew (Moraza et al., 2009; Arroyo et al., 2010, 2012, 2013a, b).
Counties: Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow.
• Zercon perforatulus Berlese, 1904
• Original name: Zercon triangulus var. perforatulus Berlese, 1904.
• In: Redia, 1: 269.
Irish Records: Under chips of wood and in moss (Halbert, 1923).
Counties: Mayo, Wicklow.
• Zercon spatulatus Koch, 1839
• Original name: Zercon spatulatus Koch, 1839
• In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc. 27 (27).
Irish Records: Pasture on bog (Longworth, 1973).
Counties: Mayo.
• Zercon triangularis Koch, 1836
• Original name: Zercon triangularis Koch, 1836.
• In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc. 4 (16).
Irish Records: Moss (Halbert, 1915, Bolger, in press); under chips of wood and in moss (Halbert, 1923); gorse bank at seashore (Purvis, 1982); cliff (Bolger in press); fore dunes of Machair system (Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); in soil under Norway spruce (McCarthy. 2004, unpublished data); moss on soil under oak, Sitka spruce and soil under Sitka spruce, moss on Scots pine and in canopy of ash (Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a).
Counties: Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow, Wexford.
• Zercon zelawaiensis Sellnick, 1944
• Original name: Zercon zelawaiensis Sellnick, 1944.
• In: Acari - Blätter für Milbenkunde Königsberg, 5: 32.
Irish Records: Sphagnum and heather on bog (Longworth, 1973); fore dunes of Machair system (Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); soil under Sitka spruce; Moss on soil under oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; moss on oak, Scots pine, Sitka spruce and yew (Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a, b); raised bog (Wisdom, 2010; Wisdom et al., 2011).
Counties: Clare, Cork, Donegal, Kerry, Laois, Mayo, Offaly, Sligo, Tipperary, Wicklow.
description: Published as part of Bolger, Thomas, Arroyo, Julio & Piotrowska, Katarzyna, 2018, A catalogue of the species of Mesostigmata (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes) recorded from Ireland including information on their geographical distribution and habitats, pp. 1-220 in Zootaxa 4519 (1) on pages 36-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4519.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2609574