Key to adults for the species of the genus Halozercon 1. Dorsal idiosoma with network of small tubercles, with extensive neotrichy on podonotal and opisthonotal shields; periteremes short, reaching the anterior margins of coxae III or level of posterior 1/3 part of coxae II.................................................................................................. H. karacholana Wiśniewski et al., 1992. - Dorsal idiosoma with network of small tubercles and extensive neotrichy only on podonotal shield; opisthonotal shield slightly ornamented, with four pairs of setae in J -row; peritremes long, reaching the anterior margins of coxae II..................................................................................................... H. barguzin sp. nov.

Published as part of Marchenko, Irina I., 2018, A new species of Halozercon (Acari: Zerconidae) from South Siberia (Russia) with additional information on Halozercon karacholana Wiśniewski et al., 1992, pp. 347-370 in Zootaxa 4394 (3) on page 369, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1199754