Bdellidae is a family of snout mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 11 genera and at least 260 described species in Bdellidae.
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.
Genera
- Bdella <small>Latreille, 1795</small>
- Biscirus <small>Thor, 1913</small>
- Cyta <small>von Heyden, 1826</small>
- Hexabdella <small>van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004</small>
- Monotrichobdella <small>Baker & Balock, 1944</small>
- Neomolgus <small>Oudemans, 1937</small>
- Odontoscirus <small>Thor, 1913</small>
- Polytrichus <small>van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2003</small>
- Spinibdella <small>Thor, 1930</small>
- Tetrabdella <small>Hernandes & Feres, 2006</small>
- Trachymolgus <small>Berlese, 1923</small>
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