Mesostigmata 



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Euzerconidae Tragardh, 1938 



Figure 94 



Diagnosis: Euzerconids are similar to the Diplogyniidae but differ 

 in that the lateral plates in the female are not separated by sutures 

 from the ventral plate. The genital opening is therefore T-shaped. The 

 anal plate is separate from the ventral plate. 



Figure 94 Euzercon latiis 

 (Banks), 1909. Ventral view 

 of female. 



Genus: 



Euzercon Berlese, 1888 



Type. Euzercon balzcnii Berlese, 1888 



Discussion: Members of this family live associated with beetles. They 

 are world-wide in distribution but are of no known economic or medi- 

 cal importance. 



Reference: 



Tragardh, I. 1946. Outline of a new classification of the Mesostigmata 

 CAcarina), based on comparative morphological data. K. Fysiogr. 

 Salisk. Handl. N. F. 57, nr. 4:1-37. 



