Bdellidae is a family of snout mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 11 genera and at least 260 described species in Bdellidae.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Bdellidae Temporal range:
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| Bdellodes longirostris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Superfamily: | Bdelloidea |
| Family: | Bdellidae Dugès, 1834 |
In terms of size, they are medium to large-sized predatory mites. They are known to inhabit soil, leaves, as well as intertidal rocks. They can be easily recognized by their elongated, snout-like gnathosoma pedipalps bearing two (one in Monotrichobdella) long terminal setae.[6]
Genera
edit- Bdella Latreille, 1795
- Biscirus Thor, 1913
- Cyta von Heyden, 1826
- Hexabdella van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004
- Monotrichobdella Baker & Balock, 1944
- Neomolgus Oudemans, 1937
- Odontoscirus Thor, 1913
- Polytrichus van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2003
- Spinibdella Thor, 1930
- Tetrabdella Hernandes & Feres, 2006
- Trachymolgus Berlese, 1923
Gallery
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A mite (Bdellidae) sucks on a dead midge
References
edit- ^ "Bdellidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Bdellidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Bdellidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Browse Bdellidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ Pepato, A.R.; Klimov, P.B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15. BioMed Central: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.
- ^ a b Hernandes, Fabio A.; Skvarla, Michael J.; Fisher, J. Ray; Dowling, Ashley P. G.; Ochoa, Ronald; Ueckermann, Edward A.; Bauchan, Gary R. (2016-08-17). "Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world". Zootaxa. 4152 (1): 1–83. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4152.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27615820.
Further reading
edit- Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. Vol. Fifth Edition. American Tarantula Society. ISBN 1-929427-11-5.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
- Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
- Fisher, J.; Skvarla, M.; Bauchan, G.; Ochoa, R.; Dowling, A. (2011). "Trachymolgus purpureus sp. n., an armored snout mite (Acari, Bdellidae) from the Ozark highlands: morphology, development, and key to Trachymolgus Berlese". ZooKeys (125): 1–34. doi:10.3897/zookeys.125.1875. PMC 3185366. PMID 21998535.
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