Pronematus pruni

Taxobox
name = "Pronematus pruni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Eupodina
superfamilia = Tydeoidea
familia = Tydeidae
genus = "Pronematus"
species = "P. pruni"
binomial = "Pronematus pruni"
binomial_authority = Meyer & Ryke, 1959

"Pronematus pruni" is a species of mite belonging to the family Tydeidae. This small oval mite is around 300 μm in length with a smooth body and legs much shorter than the body. It has been recorded on "Prunus domestica" and "Psidium guajava" in the vicinity of Potchefstroom, South Africa.

References

*New species of mites of the families Tydeidae and Labidostommidae (Acarina: Prostigmata) collected from South African plants Magdelena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke Acarologia vol I