Parapronematus camelia Gupta, 1992

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 : 352

Parapronematus camelia Gupta, 1992

Parapronematus camelia Gupta, 1992: 126 .

Parapronematus cameliae, Gupta 2002: 121 .

The description of this species is basic and lacks many measurements and detailed figures. We see inconsistencies between the textual description and the illustrations: Figure 58 shows a decrease in length of setae f2, h2, f1 and h1 ; seta ps2 is not depicted, while in the description the lengths of these setae are D4 (f1) = 31, L2 (f2) 56, D5 (h1) 36 and L3 (h2) 23. It is unclear which setal nomenclature is followed. On basis of the figure, we would switch the length of setae mentioned in the text (h) to h1 23 and h2 36. Figure 59 seems to be leg I instead of palp and the limit between tarsus and tibia as well as between femur and trochanter are not depicted, nor are the solenidia. In the text, “ ωI thick and φI very small”, but neither of them is illustrated. We suppose that φI has been confounded with κ. So, we cannot use the form of φI as a distinguishing parameter.

As distinguishing characters, we retain: f2 short (56 µm); seta c2 stout and lanceolate, other setae thin and pointed; eupathidia intermediate, tc″ /tarsus I≈2.2; tarsus III with six and tarsus IV with five setae, according to the illustration of the original description.

In the original description, the species was named Pronematus camelia (the designation camelia is a name in apposition). In his monograph, Gupta (2002) changed the name to P. cameliae . We believe that that change is not justified.