Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
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2016-08-17
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Hernandes, Fabio A. [UNESP]
Skvarla, Michael J.
Fisher, J. Ray
Dowling, Ashley P. G.
Ochoa, Ronald
Ueckermann, Edward A.
Bauchan, Gary R.
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Magnolia Press
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Bdellidae (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) are moderate to large sized predatory mites that inhabit soil, leaves, leaf litter, and intertidal rocks. They are readily recognized by an elongated, snout-like gnathosoma and by elbowed pedipalps bearing two (one in Monotrichobdella Baker & Balock) long terminal setae. Despite being among the first mites ever described, with species described by Carl Linnaeus, the knowledge about bdellids has never been compiled into a taxonomic catalogue. Here we present a catalogue listing 278 valid species; for each species we include distribution information, taxonomic literature, and type depository institutions. The genus Rigibdella Tseng, 1978 is considered a junior synonym of Cyta von Heyden, 1826, and Bdellodes Oudemans, 1937 is considered a junior synonym of Odontoscirus Tohr, 1913. Illustrated keys to subfamilies and genera are presented, as well as keys to species of each genus.
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mite, Eupodina, Bdelloidea, systematics, taxonomy, biodiversity, predatory mites, predators, soil mites
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Zootaxa. Auckland: Magnolia Press, v. 4152, n. 1, p. 1-+, 2016.