Parapronematus ferox Gupta, 1991

De VisK, Raf M. J., K, José Dantas Araujo Lacerda, de MoraesK, Gilberto J. & Ueckermann K, Edward 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), pp. 331-372 : 353

Parapronematus ferox Gupta, 1991

Parapronematus ferox Gupta, 1991: 231 .

Parapronematus ferox, Gupta, 2002: 123 .

The description of this species is very basic and lacks most measurements and detailed illustrations. The long f 1 in relation to f 2 in Figure 58 of the original description is noteworthy.

Double checking it would be convenient; if correct, this characteristic would be sufficient to distinguish this from all other species. The lengths of the dorsal setae of femora III and IV were not provided, but they seem to be longer than in other species. There is a contradiction between the descriptive text and the illustration concerning the number of setae on tarsus III; in the text it is mentioned to be the same as reported for the genus, while the illustration shows both tarsi

III and IV with five setae.

Distinguishing characteristics: f1 almost twice as long as f2 (the opposite in all other species); setae ro, ex, c1, c2, d1 stout and lanceolate; other dorsal setae on opisthosoma, thin and pointed; eupathidia short (tc″ /tarsus I≈1.5); tarsi III and IV each with five setae (based on the illustration of the original description).