Taxonavigation

Familia: Iolinidae
Subfamilia: Pronematinae
Genus: Proctotydaeus
Subgenus: Proctotydaeus
Species (5): P.  (Proctotydaeus) galapagosensis – P.  (Proctotydaeus) lineata – P.  (Proctotydaeus) prolineata – P.  (Proctotydaeus) schistocercae – P.  (Proctotydaeus) viator

Name

Proctotydaeus Berlese, 1911

• Original status: genus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species:
  • Proctotydaeus viator Berlese, 1911 by original designation (types unavailable)
  • Proctotydaeus schistocercae Fain & Evans, 1966 (substitute type species proposed by André (1980: 147)

Notes

• Proctotydaeus was divided in four subgenera by Kaźmierski (1998).
• The systematics of the subgenus is made difficult due to the presence of two male forms, homeomorphic and heteromorphic males (Kaźmierski, 1998: 43).

References

• André, H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d’Entomologie 116: 103–130, 139–168. Reference page. 
• Berlese, A. 1911. Acarorum species novae quindecim. Redia 7: 429–435.
• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida:Tydeidae:Pronematinae). Acarologia 39: 33–47. Abstract and full article. Reference page.