Neopronematus rapidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Iolinidae
Subfamilia: Pronematinae
Genus: Neopronematus
Species: N. rapidus

Name

Neopronematus rapidus (Kuznetsov, 1972)

• Type locality: Crimea
• Holotype: Department of Entomology and Phytopathology of the State Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Yalta, Crimea

Synonyms

• Pronematus rapidus, original combination
• Neopronematus rapidus, subsequent combination advanced by Panou et al. (2000: 321)

Notes

• Type-species of the genus Neopronematus.
• The generic assignation was already questioned by Kaźmierski (1998: 45), with his generic unit 3 (cf. Pronematus/Homeopronematus).

References

• Kuznetsov, N.N.1972. Mites of the genus Pronematus Canestrini (Acarina: Tydeidae) from Crimea. Nauchnye Doklady Vysshej Shkoly. Biologicheskie Nauki 1972(5): 11–16. [in Russian]
• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida:Tydeidae:Pronematinae). Acarologia 39: 33–47. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 
• Panou, H.N., Emmanouel, N.G. & Kaźmierski, A. 2000. Neopronematus, a new genus of the subfamily Pronematinae (Acari, Prostigmata, Tydeidae) and a new species from Greece. Acarologia 41(3): 321–325. Abstract and full paper