Bdella Latreille
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
Bdella

description: Bdella Latreille
Bdella Latreille, 1795: 18; 1810: 133; Berlese, 1893: 42; Oudemans, 1929: 303; Meyer & Ryke, 1959: 373; Atyeo, 1960a: 372, 1963a: 120, 170; Soliman & Zaher, 1975: 79; Chaudhri et al., 1979: 130; van Der Schyff et al., 2005: 222. nec Bdella Savigny, 1822 (Anellida: Hirudinea) junior homonym.
Chelifer Geoffroy, 1762: 617 (part.); type species Acarus cancroides Linnaeus, 1762 (Pseudoscorpiones).
Scirus Hermann, 1804: 60 (part.) type species Scirus vulgaris Hermann, 1804: 61.
Bdellidium Oudemans, 1929: 449; type species Scirus vulgaris Hermann, 1804: 61; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a).
Caenobdella Oudemans, 1937: 1227; type-species Bdella crassipes Koch, 1839 by original designation; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a).
Type-species: Acarus longicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (= La pince Geoffroy), by subsequent designation (Latreille 1795).
1. Bdella aloios van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2005: 222; Limpopo province, South Africa, ex Canthium mundianum Cham. & Schltdl. (Rubiaceae).
Remarks. Male unknown. This species was misspelled as B. alois in van Der Schyff et al. 2005, pages 223, 224.
Type deposition. NCA.
2. Bdella bakeri Gupta & Paul, 1985: 14; West Bengal, Midnapur Dist., Patharkumkumi, India; ex nest of dove Streptopelia chinensis (Scopoli) (Aves, Columbidae). Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. NZSI.
3. Bdella biroi Supino, 1894: 197; Hungary.— Thor, 1931a: 37. Type deposition. Unknown.
4. Bdella boskopensis van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2005: 232; North West Province, South Africa; ex Acacia karroo Hayne (Fabaceae).
Type deposition. NCA.
5. Bdella calva Hull, 1915: 122; on soil, England.— Hull, 1918: 39. Remarks. This species probably belongs to a different genus as indicated by the elongated palp tibiotarsus (Hull 1915, figure 6).
Type deposition. Unknown.
6. Bdella captiosa Atyeo, 1963a: 170; Groverly, Queensland, Australia; ex unknown host. Distribution. Australia (Wallace & Mahon 1972), Hawaii (Swift & Goff 1987), Iran (Kamali et al. 2001; Ueckermann et al. 2007; Abbaszadeh et al. 2010).
Remarks. Although Atyeo (1963a: 171) established a male as the holotype, Wallace & Mahon (1972: 546, footnote) analyzed the types and concluded it was actually a female; the male and other immatures were not reported until 1987 by Swift & Goff (1987: 43).
Redescriptions. Swift & Goff (1987), Ueckermann et al. (2007).
Type deposition. SAM.
7. Bdella cardinalis Banks, 1894: 219; ex wood under leaves, NY, USA; 1904a: 144; 1907: 596; 1908: 5; Ewing, 1909b: 68; Ewing & Webster, 1912: 129; Hartzell, 1918: 206; Hernandes, 2013: 61. Distribution. United States (Alabama, Florida, Texas, Illinois) and Mexico.
Type deposition. MCZ.
Remarks. This species has been considered as a junior synonym of Bdella longicornis (Linnaeus) by Thor (1931a), and as a junior synonym of Bdella oblonga by Jacot (1938); however, Hernandes (2013) revalidated the status of this species.
8. Bdella carolae van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2005: 235; Limpopo Province, South Africa; ex Acacia karroo Hayne (Fabaceae).
Type deposition. NCA.
9. Bdella consobrinae van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2005: 234; North West Province, South Africa; ex Acacia karroo Hayne (Fabaceae).
Type deposition. NCA.
10. Bdella crassipes Koch, 1839: 23; Germany.— Koch, 1842: 74; Walckenaer & Gervais, 1847: 532; Thor, 1931a: 31; Caenobdella crassipes (Koch), Oudemans, 1937: 1227.
Type deposition. Unknown.
11. Bdella distincta Baker & Balock, 1944: 179; Morelos, Mexico, ex lichens.— Atyeo, 1960a: 381 (lectotype designation).
Distribution. United States (Washington D.C., Hawaii, Texas), Puerto Rico (Guayama), Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand (Atyeo 1960a), Taiwan (Tseng 1978), Hawaii (Garret & Haramoto 1967; Swift & Goff 1987), Guadaloupe (Flechtmann & Etienne 2006), Brazil (Lawson-Balagbo et al. 2008).
Redescriptions. Atyeo (1960a), Tseng (1978), Swift & Goff (1987).
Type deposition. Lectotype female, ex Bambusa parvariabilis, China (detected in Washington DC, USA), at USNM.
12. Bdella distinguenda Berlese, 1905: 157; Bogor (former Buitenzorg, Java). Other names: Scirus distinguendus; Thor, 1931a: 45.
Remarks. Suspected synonym of Bdellodes longirostris (Hermann) according to Thor (1931a: 45). Type deposition. Lost (Castagnoli & Pegazano 1985).
13. Bdella dorsata Walckenaer & Gervais, 1844: 157; Paris, France on humid soil with small plants in gardens.— Berlese, 1893: 43; Thor, 1931a: 37; Oudemans, 1937: 1195.
Type deposition. Probably lost.
14. Bdella farabii Paktinat-Saeej & Bagheri, 2015a: 524; Amol, Mazandaran Province, Iran (Paktinat-Saeej et al. 2015a).
Type deposition. Holotype at the Acarological Collection, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran; one paratype at ASI.
15. Bdella grandjeani Thor, 1931b: 65; Northern Africa. Type deposition. Lost.
16. Bdella heliophila Mihelčič, 1958a: 273; Cercedilla, Spain, on moss of pinus forest.
Type deposition. Laboratorium Faunistica y Ecología Animal, Instituto de Edafología, Madrid.
17. Bdella helvetica Schweizer & Bader, 1963: 232; Val Ftur, National Park, Switzerland, under stone. Original designation: Bdella iconica helvetica Schweizer & Bader.
Type deposition. NMB (NP 1931).
18. Bdella horvathi Karpelles, 1888: 275; Bulgaria.— Thor, 1931a: 37. Type deposition. Unknown.
19. Bdella humida Wallace & Mahon, 1972: 546; Millstream, Fortescue River, West Australia, Australia; ex litter of Acacia sp. (Fabaceae) and Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtacea).
Distribution. Australia, Iran (Kamali et al. 2001; Ueckermann et al. 2007). Redescription. Ueckermann et al. (2007).
Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. Holotype and paratypes at ANIC; paratypes at SAM, BMNH, USNM and OSAL.
20. Bdella iconica Berlese, 1923: 240; on plants, in Florence and Germany—Thor, 1931a: 32.
a. Bdella iconica var. veneta Berlese, 1923: 240; Thor, 1931a: 32; Schweizer & Bader, 1963: 231.
b. Bdella sardoa Berlese, 1923: 241; B. iconica var. sardoa; Thor, 1931a: 32. Synonymy according to Thor (1931a).
Distribution. Italy, Germany and Norway (Thor 1931a), Germany (Willmann 1955), Austria (Willmann 1951), France (Schmölzer 1956), Spain (Mihelčič 1958a), Iceland (Atyeo & Tuxen 1962), Georgia (Gomelauri 1963b), New Zealand (Atyeo 1963a), Switzerland (Schweizer & Bader 1963), Bulgaria (Sosnina et al. 1965), Bohemia (Lelláková-Duškova 1978), Ukraine (Kuznetsov & Livshits 1979a), Poland (Michocka 1987), China (Lin et al. 2006), Crimea (Bednarskaya 2009, 2010, 2011), Slovakia (Kaluz et al. 2013). Remarks. Michocka (1987: 39) apparently figured trichobothria on tibiae II, a characteristic only found in the subfamily Odontoscirinae; therefore it is likely that the species reported from Poland might be the result of a misidentification.
Redescriptions. Atyeo & Tuxen (1962), Atyeo (1963a), Sosnina et al. (1965), Wallace & Mahon (1972), Lelláková-Duškova (1978), Michocka (1987).
Type deposition. CRA.
21. Bdella interrupta Evans, 1952: 668; Mid and North Wales, UK, on rocks above tide marks. Type deposition. Unknown.
22. Bdella karajiensis Ueckermann, Rastegar, Saboori & Ostovan, 2007: 133; Karaj, Iran, ex litter and soil beneath ornamental plant.
Type deposition. Holotype at SRIAUT, paratypes at ASI.
23. Bdella khasyana Gupta, 1991: 221; Arunachal Pradesh, India; ex Litsea khasyana Meisn. (Lauraceae). Redescription. Gupta (2002).
Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. NZSI.
24. Bdella kuznetsovi Maslov & Khaustov, 2013: 52; Arabatsky Nature Reserve, Crimea, Ukraine; ex storm detritus on shore of Sivash Gulf.
Type deposition. NBG.
25. Bdella lattakia Soliman & Zaher, 1975: 79; Slinfa, Lattakia, Syria, ex moss. Distribution. Syria, Iran (Kamali et al. 2001; Ueckermann et al. 2007). Redescription. Ueckermann et al. (2007).
Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. CUE.
26. Bdella longicornis (Linnaeus, 1758): 618; in Europe. Original designation: Acarus longicornis Linnaeus (= Acarus petrarum ruber L., 1746: 349).— Müller, 1776: 187; Johnston, 1845: 227; Oudemans, 1926b: 116.; Atyeo, 1962: 344 (neotype designation).
a. Chelifer totus ruber Geoffroy, 1762: 618; synonymy according to Thor (1902).
b. Acarus rupestris Linnaeus, 1758: 618; Hammer, 1775: 157; synonymy according to Thor (1931a).
c. Acarus citri Hasselquist, 1757: 431; Oudemans, 1929: 306; synonymy according to Thor (1931a).
d. Acarus ruber Linnaeus, 1746; Fabricius, 1775: 815.
e. Acarus velox Müller, 1776: 187; Oudemans, 1929: 312; 1937: 1201.
f. Bdella rubra Lamarck, 1801: 179; von Heyden, 1826: 608; synonym of Bdellodes longirostris according to Berlese (1893).
g. Scirus vulgaris Hermann, 1804: 61; Oudemans, 1929: 313; Bdella vulgaris, Koch, 1839: 1851; Dugès, 1834: 21; Voigts & Oudemans, 1906: 242; Bäbler, 1910: 812; Oudemans, 1937: 1206; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
h. Bdella decipiens Thorell, 1871: 701; Trägårdh, 1902a: 7; 1904: 47; 1931: 47; Halbert, 1915: 113; Hull, 1918: 39; Banks, 1919: 11; Hull, 1922: 622; Trägårdh, 1931: 47; synonymy according to Thor (1902: 7); Bdella longicornis var. decipiens Thorell; Trägårdh, 1928: 8.
i. Bdella borealis Kramer & Neuman, 1883: 525; Banks, 1899: 348; 1907: 596 synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
j. Bdella caeca Berlese, 1905: 15; Bdella longicornis var. caeca; synonymy according to Thor (1931a: 28).
k. Bdella vestita Koch, 1835: 23; 1842: 74; Walckenaer & Gervais, 1844: 157; Andersén, 1863: 184; Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877: 105.— Scirus vestitus, Murray, 1877: 146; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
l. Bdella anguinesetosa Ewing, 1909b: 72; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a).
m. Bdella tessellata Ewing, 1913: 112; Thor, 1931a: 36; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a).
n. Bdella oblonga Say, 1821: 19; Walckenaer & Gervais, 1847: 348; Gervais, 1849: 32; Banks, 1902a: 543; Oudemans, 1937: 1211; Jacot, 1938: 126; Baker & Balock, 1944: 180; Drummond, 1957: 142; synonymy according to Thor (1931a: 25); Bdellodes oblongula, Oudemans, 1937: 1221.
o. Bdella egregia Koch, 1839: 23; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
p. Bdella cruentata Koch, 1839: 10; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
q. Bdella tenuirostris Koch, 1839: 18; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
r. B del la vivida Koch, 1839: 19; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
s. Bdella podurophila White, 1852: 210; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
t. Bdella arenaria Kramer, 1881: 444; synonymy according to Thor (1904b).
Distribution. Germany (Voigts & Oudemans 1906), Sweden (Trägårdh 1910), England (Hull 1918), Switzerland (Schweizer 1922; Schweizer & Bader 1963), Canada (Summerhayes & Elton 1928), Norway (Thor 1930a), North Africa (Thor 1931b), Austria (Willmann 1951), France (Schmölzer 1956), Barro Colorado Islands, Panama Canal Zone, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico (Oaxaca, Distrito Federal, México, San Luis Potosí), United States (California, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermount), Nova Scotia (Atyeo 1960a), Japan (Ehara 1960; Shiba & Morikawa 1966; Shiba 1969a), Canada (Sinha 1963), Taiwan (Tseng 1978), United States (Lehman 1982), Poland (Michocka 1987), Korea (Lee et al. 1997), China (Fujian) (Lin & Zhang 2000), Japan (Nakamura et al. 2006), Iran (Kamali et al. 2001, Ueckermann et al. 2007), Crimea (Bednarskaya 2011). Redescriptions. Walckenaer & Gervais (1844), Thor (1926, 1930a, 1931a), Trägårdh (1928), Oudemans (1929, 1937), Willmann (1956), Atyeo (1960a, 1962), Ehara (1961), Schweizer & Bader (1963), Shiba (1969a), Wallace & Mahon (1972), Tseng (1978), Michocka (1987), Ueckermann et al. (2007).
Remarks. Bdella longicornis is the type species of the genus Bdella, and is among the first members of the family ever described. As a consequence, it has appeared under various names in the 18th and 19th century literature.
Type deposition. Neotype of B. longicornis at USNM; type of B. caeca at CRA; type of B. cardinalis at MCZ; type of B. anguinesetosa at USNM.
27. Bdella longipalpus Mihelčič, 1958b: 41; Sierra Nevada, Spain. Type deposition. Unknown.
28. Bdella longistriata Atyeo, 1960a: 380; Llera, Tamaulipas, Mexico, ex pineapple epiphyte. Other records: Mexico (Llera, Tamaulipas; Ciudad del Maiz, San Luis Potosí; Antiguo Morelos, Tamaulipas), United States (Texas) (Atyeo 1960a).
Type deposition. Holotype and paratypes at SEMC, paratypes at USNM.
29. Bdella malaccensis Shiba, 1978: 99; Malacca, Malaysia; under stones of intertidal zone.
Type deposition. Biological Laboratory of Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College, Matsuyama, Japan.
30. Bdella malawiensis van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2005: 224; Malawi, Bangula, Mozambique; ex Trichilia dregeana Sond. (Meliaceae).
Remarks. Male unknown.
Type deposition. NCA.
31. Bdella maldahanensis Gupta, 1992: 121; West Bengal, India, ex Mangifera indica Linnaeus (Anacardiaceae). Redescription. Gupta (2002).
Type deposition. NZSI.
32. Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909a: 124; Muncie, Illinois, USA ex moss.— Thor, 1931a: 38.
a. Bdella recens Ewing, 1934: 57 (= Bdella lata Ewing, 1909b: 69); Drummond, 1957: 142; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a).
b. Bdella subnigra Ewing, 1909b: 73; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a).
c. Bdella muscorum var. minnesotensis Ewing, 1913: 113; Thor, 1931a: 38; synonymy according to Atyeo (1960a).
Distribution. United States (California, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Maryland), Alaska (Point Barrow, Chandler Lake Region, Umiaat, District of Mackenzie), Germany (Ost-Holstein), Czeck Republic and Iceland (Atyeo 1960a), Iceland (Atyeo & Tuxen 1962), Georgia (Gomelauri 1963b), Bulgaria (Sosnina et al. 1965), Japan (Shiba & Morikawa 1966), Bohemia (Lelláková- Duškova 1978), Taiwan (Tseng 1978), Ukraine (Kuznetsov & Livshits 1979a), Pakistan (Chaudhri et al. 1979), Canada (Danks 1980), United States (Lehman 1982), Korea (Lee et al. 1997), China (Fujian) (Lin & Zhang 2000), Hungary (Ripka et al. 2005), Japan (Nakamura et al. 2006), Iran (Ueckermann et al. 2007), Crimea (Bednarskaya 2009, 2010, 2011), Slovakia (Kaluz 2008).
Redescriptions. Atyeo (1960a), Atyeo & Tuxen (1962), Shiba & Morikawa (1966), Sosnina et al. (1965), Wallace & Mahon (1972), Lelláková-Duškova (1978), Tseng (1978).
Type deposition. USNM.
33. Bdella neograndjeani Meyer & Ryke, 1959: 373; Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; ex unidentified shrub. Redescription. van Der Schyff et al. (2005).
Type deposition. NCA.
34. Bdella nihoaensis Swift & Goff, 1987: 29; Nihoa Island, Hawaii, ex litter. Remarks. Female unknown.
Type deposition. BPBM.
35. Bdella nylsvleyensis van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2005: 226; Limpopo Province, South Africa, ex soil and debris.
Type deposition. NCA.
36. Bdella obesa Oudemans, 1937: 1211; unknown locality, Germany. Type deposition. Unknown.
37. Bdella pinicola Cooreman, 1943: 7; on pines, near Brussels, Belgium. Type deposition. IRSN.
38. Bdella piggotti Evans, 1953: 272; Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Type deposition. Unknown.
39. Bdella pulchella Berlese, 1923: 241; unknown plant and in soil, Italy (Florence and Forli).— Thor, 1931a: 33. Distribution. Norway and Italy (Thor 1931a), Spain (Mihelčič 1958a).
Type deposition. Lost (Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985).
40. Bdella radhikae Sadanandan et al., 2009: 3; ex Cocos nucifera, Kerala, India.
Type deposition. Division of Acarology, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
41. Bdella robusta Banks, 1894: 220; Sea Cliff, New York, USA, on ground.— Banks, 1907: 596. Other name: Scirus robustus, Thor, 1931a: 45.
Distribution. United States (Sea Cliff, New York) (Thor 1931a). Type deposition. Unknown.
42. Bdella semiscutata Thor, 1930a: 92; Svalbard, Norway.— Thor, 1931a: 29; Willmann, 1939c: 431; 1956: 243. Distribution. Svalbard Island (Norway), Norway, Germany, (Thor 1931a), North Africa (Thor 1931b), Austria (Willmann 1951), Spain (Mihelčič 1958b), Georgia (Gomelauri 1963b), Switzerland (Schweizer & Bader 1963), Bohemia (Lelláková-Duškova 1978), Poland (Michocka 1987), China (Xin et al. 1998), Crimea (Bednarskaya 2011).
Redescriptions. Wallace & Mahon (1972), Lelláková-Duškova (1978), Michocka (1987). Type deposition. Unknown.
43. Bdella septentrionalis Atyeo, 1962 (in Atyeo & Tuxen, 1962: 284); Arnarnesháls, West Iceland. Redescription. Wallace & Mahon (1972).
Type deposition. ZMUC.
44. Bdella spinirostris Koch, 1839: 9; unknown locality, Germany; Koch, 1842: 74; Walckenaer & Gervais, 1847: 532; Andersèn, 1863: 185; Berlese, 1893: 43; Thor, 1931a: 34; Oudemans, 1937: 214. Type deposition. Unknown.
45. Bdella strandi Berlese, 1923: 240; Norway.— Thor, 1931a: 33. Other name: Bdella strandi var. vistosa Berlese, 1923: 241; Thor, 1931a: 33.
Distribution. Norway (Thor 1931a), Poland (Michocka 1987), Hungary (Ripka et al. 2005). Remarks. Michocka (1987: 31) apparently figured trichobothria on tibiae II, a characteristic only found in the subfamily Odontoscirinae; it is likely that the species reported from Poland might be the result of a misidentification.
Type deposition. CRA.
46. Bdella subulirostris Berlese, 1923: 242; Vallombrosa, Italy, ex conifer leaves, with Formica pratensis Retzius (Insecta, Formicidae)— Thor, 1931a: 35.
Distribution. Austria (Willmann 1951).
Redescription. Thor, 1931a: 35.
Type deposition. CRA.
47. Bdella taurica Kuznetsov & Livshits, 1979b: 608; Alupka town, Crimea, Ukraine, ex moss on rocky cliffs. Type deposition. NBG.
48. Bdella tlascalana Vitzthum, 1933: 226; Chilapa, Tlaxcala, Mexico. Type deposition. Unknown.
49. Bdella tropica Atyeo, 1960a: 378; Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama, ex bark moss. Other records: Malaysia (Shiba 1978), China (Lin et al. 2006).
Redescription. Wallace & Mahon (1972).
Type deposition. Holotype and paratypes at SEMC, paratypes at USNM, BMNH, SAM.
50. Bdella uchidai Ehara, 1961: 249; Ranshima, Hokkaido, Japan, ex rocks in intertidal zones. Distribution. Japan (Shiba & Morikawa 1966), China (Lin et al. 2006). Redescriptions. Shiba & Morikawa (1966), Wallace & Mahon (1972). Type deposition. EIHU.
51. Bdella ueckermanni Hernandes, Daud & Feres, 2008: 262; Pariquera-Açu, São Paulo, Brazil, ex Bactris gasipaes Kunth (Arecaceae) leaves. Other records: Musa sp. leaves (Musacea), Três Rios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Cocos nucifera Linnaeus (Arecaceae) leaves, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.
Type deposition. DZSJRP.
52. Bdella utilis Banks, 1914: 55; South Africa, black scale. Distribution. California (McGregor 1956: 13). Redescription. Hernandes (2013).
Type deposition. MCZ.
53. Bdella validipes Berlese, 1923: 240; Eastern Africa.— Thor, 1931a: 33. Type deposition. Lost (Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985).
54. Bdella vates van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2005: 229; Free State Province, South Africa, ex soil. 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 11-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4152.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/261900