Paleozercon

Paleozercon; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Zerconidae
Genus:	†Paleozercon; Blaszak, Cokendolpher & Polyak, 1995
Species:	†P. cavernicolus
Binomial name
	†Paleozercon cavernicolus; Blaszak et al., 1995

Paleozercon is an extinct genus of mites in the family Zerconidae.

The sole described species is P. cavernicolus.[1][2] It was the first zerconid species to be recorded from a cave outside of Europe. P. cavernicolus differs from related genera in Zerconidae by lacking a characteristic incision in the peritremal shield and possessing a single pair of setae on the anterior margin of the ventroanal shield. It may have been an oligophagous predator which fed on other mites.[3]

References

"Paleozercon". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
"The Paleobiology Database, genus Paleozercon". Retrieved 2020-01-25.
Błaszak C, Cokendolpher J, Polyak V (1995). "Paleozercon cavernicolus, n.gen., n.sp., fossil mite from a cave in the Southwestern U.S.A. (Acari, Gamasida: Zerconidae), with a key to Nearctic genera of Zerconidae". International Journal of Acarology. doi:10.1080/01647959508684068. S2CID 84777278.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[gbif-1] "Paleozercon". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[paleo-2] "The Paleobiology Database, genus Paleozercon". Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[blaszak-3] Błaszak C, Cokendolpher J, Polyak V (1995). "Paleozercon cavernicolus, n.gen., n.sp., fossil mite from a cave in the Southwestern U.S.A. (Acari, Gamasida: Zerconidae), with a key to Nearctic genera of Zerconidae". International Journal of Acarology. doi:10.1080/01647959508684068. S2CID 84777278.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)