Pronematus bengalensis

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: Pronematus
Species: bengalensis

Name

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

• 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

• 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.