TY - JOUR
T1 - Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
AU - Hernandes, Fabio A.
AU - Skvarla, Michael J.
AU - Fisher, J. Ray
AU - Dowling, Ashley P.G.
AU - Ochoa, Ronald
AU - Ueckermann, Edward A.
AU - Bauchan, Gary R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press.
PY - 2016/8/17
Y1 - 2016/8/17
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4152.1.1
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4152.1.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 27615820
AN - SCOPUS:84982112287
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4152
SP - 1
EP - 83
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 1
ER -