Parapronematus cameliae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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: Parapronematus
Species:

Name

Parapronematus cameliae gupta, 1992

  • Type locality: on tea, West Bengal (India)
  • Holotype: -

Notes

  • The original spelling (camelia) was incorrect (gender agreement, nonsense) and gave rise to a “justified emendation” (Art. 33.2.2 of ICZN) made by Gupta (2002).
  • Figures also in Gupta (2002)
  • Description completed by De Vis et al. (2025: 352).

References

  • De Vis, R.M.J., Lacerda, J.D.A., Moraes, G.J. de, Ueckermann, E.A. 2025. Pronematinae (Trombidiformes: Iolinidae) from Brazil, with original and complementary descriptions of taxa as well as with a reappraisal of the subfamily and of Parapronematus Acarologia 65(2): 331-372. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
  • Gupta, S.K. 1992. Arachnida: Plant mites (Acari). In: State fauna Series. 3. Fauna of West Bengal, Part 3: 61-211.
  • Gupta, S.K. 2002. A monograph on plant inhabiting predatory mites (Part 1). Orders: Prostigmata, Astigmata and Cryptostigmata. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 19(2): 1-183.