Pronematus karrooi

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: karrooi

Name

Pronematus karrooi Ryke & Smith Meyer, 1960

• Type locality: on Acacia karroo, Potchefstroom, Transvaal (South Africa)
• Holotype: ♀- PPRI (accession nr: AcY 65/28)

Notes

• Species not included in the Pronematinae listed by Kaźmierski (1998).
• Holotype in bad condition (Ueckermann et al., 2024: 301).
• Redescription from the holotype by Ueckermann et al. (2024: 301).

References

• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida:Tydeidae:Pronematinae). Acarologia 39: 33–47. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 
• Ryke, P.A.J. & Smith Meyer, M.K.P. 1960. The parasitic and predacious mite fauna (Acarina) associated with Acacia karroo Hayne in the Western Transvaal. Libro Homenaje al Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero, Mexico D. F., Institute Politecnico Nacional: 559-569.
• 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.