Pronematus bengalensis

Taxonavigation edit

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: Pronematus
Species: bengalensis

Name edit

  Species inquirenda.
The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is unclear.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

Pronematus bengalensis Gupta & Paul 1985

  • Type locality: Midnapur Dist., VilI. Patharkumkurni, ex nest of baya Ploceus philippinus, West Bengal (India)
  • Holotype: ♀ - The National Collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, Reg. No. 3216/17.

Notes edit

  • Species not included in the Pronematinae listed by Kaźmierski (1998).
  • The original description does not provide chaetotactic data.
  • "Therefore, we doubt that these two species belong to the genus Pronematus" concluded Ueckermann et al. (2024: 303) about indiana and bengalensis.

References edit

  • Gupta, S.K. & Paul, K. 1985. Some mites associated with bird nests in West Bengal, with description of eleven new species. Bulletin of Zoological Survey of India 7: 1-23.
  • Kaźmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida:Tydeidae:Pronematinae). Acarologia 39: 33–47. Abstract and full article. Reference page
  • Ueckermann, E.A., De Vis, R.M.J., Reybroeck, E., Vervaet, L., Van Lommel, W., Dewitte, J., Foqué, D., Gautam, S., Ouyangh, Y., Vangansbeke, D., De Clercq, P. & Van Leeuwen, T. 2024. Redescription of Pronematus ubiquitus (McGregor, 1932) (Acari, Iolinidae), description of two new species and redescription of two additional species with a review of and key to all Pronematus species. Acarologia 64(1): 277–311. Full article (PDF). Reference page