Paleozercon cavernicolus Blaszak et al. 1995 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Zerconidae

Full reference: C. Blaszak, J. C. Cokendolpher, and V. J. Polyak. 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 21:253-259

Belongs to Paleozercon according to C. Blaszak et al. 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Stalagmite 89037, Hidden Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Holocene cave limestone in New Mexico

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Stalagmite 89037, Hidden Cave, Guadalupe Mountains

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