Bdellidae

Bdellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Trombidiformes
Superfamily:Bdelloidea
Family:Bdellidae

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]

Genera

  • Bdella
  • Bdellodes
  • Biscirus
  • Cyta
  • Hexabdella
  • Monotrichobdella
  • Neomolgus Oudemans, 1938
  • Polytrichus
  • Spinibdella
  • Tetrabdella
  • Trachymolgus

References

  1. ↑ "Bdellidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Bdellidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. ↑ "Bdellidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. ↑ "Browse Bdellidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. ↑ 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. BioMed Central. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2.

Further reading

  • Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. 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. 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.125.1875.


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