Pronematus rykei

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: Pronematus rykei

Name

Pronematus rykei Meyer & Rodrigues, 1966

• Type locality: from Gossypium sp., Machava (Mozambique)
• Holotype: PPRI, Accession number AcY 65/32-33 - ♀.

Notes

• Mites described from Iran by Ahmad-Hosseini et al. (2017) were misidentified and described as P. juglandi by Ueckermann et al. (2024: 299-300).
• Redescription and figures of a paratype ♀ in Ueckermann et al. (2024: 300-301).

References

• Ahmad-Hosseini, M., Khanjani, M. & Karamian, R. 2017. A new species of Neopronematus and a re-description of Pronematus rykei Meyer & Rodrigues (Acari: Iolinidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4337(4): 493–508. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.4.2. Reference page. 
• Meyer, M.K.P. & Rodrigues, M. da C. 1966. Acari associated with cotton in southern Africa. Reference to other plants. Garcia de Orta 13 (2): 195–226.
• 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.