Taxonavigation

Familia: Iolinidae
Subfamily: Pronematinae
Genus: Pronematus
Species (3): P. rykei – P. sextoni – P. ubiquitus

• Nec P. pruni ( j. synonym of P. ubiquitus) — Pronematus testatus (n. comb.)
• Species inquirenda [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

Note:

• 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. 1886. Prospetto dell'acarofauna ltaliana. Atti 1st. Veneto. 6(4): 693–734.
• 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.