Hexabdella van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann
Creators: name: Hernandes, Fabio A.
name: Skvarla, Michael J.
name: Fisher, Ray
name: Dowling, Ashley P. G.
name: Ochoa, Ronald
name: Ueckermann, Edward A.
name: Bauchan, Gary R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Bdellidae
Hexabdella

description: Hexabdella van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann
Hexabdella van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004: 14.
Bdella; Baker & Balock, 1944 (part.).
Type-species: Hexabdella denheyeri van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004 by original designation.
55. Hexabdella brevitarsis Hernandes, 2013: 62; Covey Hill, Quebec, Canada. Bdella brevitarsis Banks (in Tothill 1919: 195–196) (nomen nudum).
Type deposition. MCZ.
56. Hexabdella cinquaginta Hernandes, Daud & Feres, 2007: 60; Itiquira, Mato Grosso, Brazil, ex Hevea brasiliensis M.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae). Other record: São Paulo, Brazil (Demite & Feres 2008). Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. DZSJRP.
57. Hexabdella denheyeri van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004: 15; Angola, ex Eugenia brasiliensis Lam. (Myrtaceae).
Type deposition. NCA.
58. Hexabdella maraugia van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004: 17; Kleinmond, Western Cape Province, South Africa, ex soil under dune vegetation.
Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. NCA.
59. Hexabdella mexicana (Baker & Balock, 1944): 181; Valle del Bravo, Mexico, ex moss.—van Der Schyff et al., 2004: 13. Original designation: Bdella mexicana Baker & Balock.
a. Bdella willisi Baker & Balock, 1944: 182; Drummond, 1957: 142; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a: 383). Distribution. Mexico (Valle del Bravo, México; Laguna de Zempoala, Morelos; San Luis Potosí, Veracruz), United States (Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Connecticut) (Atyeo 1960a) (Wisconsin) (Oatman 1963), Ukraine (Kuznetsov & Livshits 1979a), United States (Lehman 1982), Hawaii (Swift & Goff 1987). Redescriptions. Atyeo (1960a), Swift & Goff (1987), van Der Schyff et al. (2004).
Remarks. Atyeo (1960a) set Bdella willisi as a synonym of this species, but mentions that individuals collected from the United States have hysterosomal setae pilose, whereas those of the Mexican specimens are nude.
Type deposition. USNM.
60. Hexabdella miranda van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004: 20; Limpopo Province, South Africa, ex Euphorbia ingens E.Mey (Euphorbiaceae).
Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. NCA.
61. Hexabdella persiaensis Paktinat-Saeej & Bagheri, 2014: 3; Mazandaran province, Iran, from soil and rotten leaves under Corylus avellana (Betulaceae).
Remarks. Male and immatures unknown.
Type deposition. Acarological Collection, Department of Plant Protection, University of Maragheh, Iran, and ASI.
62. Hexabdella quercusi Eghbalian, Khanjani, Safaralizadeh & Ueckermann, 2016: 292; ex litter under oak trees, Western Iran.
Type deposition. Holotype and paratypes at University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamedan, Iran; paratype female at NCA.
63. Hexabdella singula van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004: 14; Cape Town, South Africa, ex Cassine peragua L. (Celastraceae).
Remarks. Male and immatures unknown.
Type deposition. NCA.
64. Hexabdella unusoculata van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004: 24; KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, ex soil.
Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. NCA.
description: Published as part of Hernandes, Fabio A., Skvarla, Michael J., Fisher, Ray, Dowling, Ashley P. G., Ochoa, Ronald, Ueckermann, Edward A. & Bauchan, Gary R., 2016, Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world, pp. 1-83 in Zootaxa 4152 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4152.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/261900