Taxonavigation

Familia: Iolinidae
Subfamiliae: Pronematinae
Genera (14): Apopronematus – Homeopronematus – Lourus – Metapronematus – Naudea – Neonaudea – Neopronematus – Parapronematus – Proctotydaeus – Pronecupulatus – Pronematulus – Pronematus – Pseudopronematulus – Ueckermanniella

• nec Kakamasia (preoccupied name), Pausia (j. synonym)

Name

Pronematinae André, 1979

• Original status: subfamily
• Type genus: Pronematus

Notes

• The superfamily Iolinoidea erected by Pritchard (1956) was lowered in hierarchic rank and included in the Tydeoidea by Krantz (1978: 237).
• The subfamily Pronematinae was erected by André (1979).
• The Iolinidae were redefined by André (1984) and expanded by André & Fain (2000) to include the subfamilies Pronematinae and Tydaeolinae, which previously belonged to the family Tydeidae.

References

• André, H.M. 1979 (1978). A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida) I. Introduction, paradigms and general classification. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 108(3–4): 189–208. Full article (PDF) on BUGZ. Reference page. 
• André, H.M. 1984. Redefinition of the Iolinidae (Acari: Actinedida), with a discussion of their familial and superfamilial status. In: Griffiths, D. A. & Bowman, C. E. (Eds), Acarology VI, vol. 1, Ellis Horwool Publishers, Chichester: 180–185.

• André, H.M. & Fain, A. 2000. Phylogeny, ontogeny and adaptive radiation in the superfamily Tydeoidea (Acari: Actinedida), with a reappraisal of morphological characters. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 130(3): 405–448. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb01636.x DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1999.0237

• Krantz, G.W. 1978. A Manual of Acarology, Second Edition. Oregon State University Bookstores, Corvallis.
• Pritchard, A.E. 1956. A new superfamily of trombidiform mites with the description of a new family, genus and species (Acarina: Iolinoidea: Iolinidae: Iolina nana). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49 (3): 204–206.