Pronematus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Iolinidae
Subfamilia: Pronematinae
Genus: Pronematus
Species (8 confirmed species retained by Ueckermann et al. (2024: 303)): P. brasiliensis – P. debilis – P. juglandi – P. karrooi – P. oryzae – P. perpusillus – P. rykei – P. ubiquitus

• Nec P. pruni (junior synonym of P. ubiquitus)
• Nec P. anconai — P. brachytarsus — P. leucohippeus — P. neglectus — P. pyrrohippeus — P. rapidus — P. rusticus — P. tenuisetosus — P. testatus — P. vandykei (n. comb.)
• Species inquirendae [based on the list of Kaźmierski (1998: 45) and the discussion by Ueckermann et al. (2024: 302-303) — Generic status unclear, chaetotaxy not given in original descriptions]: P. bachewingi — P. bengalensis — P. biminiensis — P. bonatii — P. curtipilus — P. curtitarsus — P. davisi — P. elongatus — P. fleschneri — P. indiana — P. mcgregori — P. neoelongatus — P. rimandoi — P. saularis — P. sensillaris — P. sextoni

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).
• Discussion and key to confirmed species by Ueckermann et al. (2024).

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: 96–133. Reference page. 
• Canestrini, G. 1886a. Prospetto dell’ Acarofauna italiana (Continuazione). − Famiglia degli Eupodini Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (ser. 6) 4(5): 693–734 (plus 3 plates at the end of the volume).

• 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.
• 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.