Pronematus ubiquitus

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 ubiquitus

Name

Pronematus ubiquitus (McGregor, 1932)

• Type locality: from foliage of citrus trees, Lindsay, California (U.S.A.)
• Holotype: USNM, Cat. no. 1048 - ♀ (see notes).
• Topotype: USNM

Synonymy

Objective synonyms

• Tydeus ubiquitus, original combination
• Pronematus ubiquitus, subsequent combination advanced by Thor (1933: 46) and used by Baker (1965: 115; 1968: 1093)

Subjective synonyms

• Pronematus pruni, synonymy proposed by Kaźmierski (1998: 45)

Notes

• Species redescribed by Baker (1965: 115)
• "The condition of the type material renders an examination impossible (Dr Ron Ochoa, personal communication)" (Ueckermann & Grout, 2007: 2372).
• Species treated by the French Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation,de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES, 2023).
• Redescription (♀, ♂, TN, DN, PN, Lv) based on topotypes by Ueckermann et al. (2024).

References

• ANSES. 2023. Anses – dossier n° MO22-001 – Pronematus ubiquitus, 9 pp.
• 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. 
• Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Pronematus Canestrini. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61(5): 1091–11097. Reference page. 
• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida:Tydeidae:Pronematinae). Acarologia 39: 33–47. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 
• McGregor, E.A. 1932. The ubiquitous mite, a new species on citrus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 34 (4): 60–64.
• Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.
• Ueckermann, E.A. & Grout, T.G. 2007. Tydeoid mites (Acari:Tydeidae, Edbakerellidae, Iolinidae) occurring on Citrus in southern Africa. Journal of Natural History 41: 2351–2378. 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.