Pyemotes

{{Short description|Genus of mites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}

| taxon = Pyemotes

| authority = Amerling, 1861

| synonyms =

{{Genus list

| Heteropus | Newport, 1850

| Pediculoides | Targioni Tozzeti, 1878

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| synonyms_ref = {{Cite GBIF|id=2128042|taxon=Pyemotes|access-date=2025-03-05}}

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Pyemotes is a genus of mites.

It is divided into scolyti and ventricosus groups.{{cite web |url=http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/species_accounts/Pyemotidae.htm |title=Bee mites: Family Pyemotidae: Pyemotes beckeri, Pyemotes anobii; Apis, Hoplitis, Megachilidae, Apidae, host associations |work= |accessdate=2010-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610170737/http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/Species_Accounts/Pyemotidae.htm |archive-date=2010-06-10 |url-status=dead }}

It includes the species:

• Pyemotes dryas
• Pyemotes herfsi
• Pyemotes scolyti
• Pyemotes tritici
• Pyemotes ventricosus