Pronematus

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
Subfamily: Pronematinae
Genus: Pronematus
Species (11): P. bengalensis – P. dibilis – P. indiana – P. karrooi – P. oryzae – P. perpusillus – P. rykei – P. saularis – P. sensillaris – P. sextoni – P. ubiquitus

• Nec P. pruni (junior synonym of P. ubiquitus)
• Nec P. anconai — P. leucohippeus — P. neglectus — P. pyrrohippeus — P. rapidus — P. rusticus — P. testatus (n. comb.)
• Species inquirendae [based on the list of Kaźmierski (1998: 45) — Generic status unclear, chaetotaxy not given in original descriptions]: P. bachewingi — P. biminiensis — P. bonatii — P. curtipilus — P. curtitarsus — P. davisi — P. elongatus — P. fleschneri — P. mcgregori — P. neoelongatus — P. rimandoi — P. tenuisetosus

Name

Pronematus Canestrini, 1886 sensu Baker, 1965

• Original status: genus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Pronematus bonatii Canestrini, 1886 (by monotypy)

Notes

• Generic status unclear (requiring redescription) according to Kaźmierski (1998: 45).
• Acarologists follow the definition given by Baker (1965: 114-115).
• Differences with Homeopronematus are given by Knop & Hoy (1983: 3–4).

References

• Baker, E.W. 1965. A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acarina). In: Naegele J.A. (ed.). Advances in acarology 2. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press. p 96–133.
• Canestrini, G. 1886a. Prospetto dell’Acarofauna Italiana. Famiglia degli Eupodini Atti del Reale Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 6(4): 693–734.

• Canestrini, G. 1886b. Prospetto dell' Acarofauna Italiana. Parte 2, Famiglie : Erythraeini, Cheyletini, Bdellini, Eupodini е Analgesini. Padova <s.n.> : 159-311.

• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida:Tydeidae:Pronematinae). Acarologia 39: 33–47. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 
• Knop, N. & Hoy, M. 1983. Biology of a tydeid mite, Homeopronematus anconai (n. comb.) (Acari: Tydeidae), important in San Joaquin Valley vineyards. Hilgardia 51(5):1-30.