Metabelba (Metabelba) Grandjean, 1936

Miko, Jan Mourek Ladislav & Bernini, Fabio, 2011, Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) IV. Partial revision of Metabelba Grandjean, 1936 with proposal of one new subgenus, one new species and redescriptions of two known species, Zootaxa 3099, pp. 1-42 : 4

Subgenus Metabelba (Metabelba) Grandjean, 1936

Type species: Metabelba papillipes ( Nicolet, 1855)

Diagnosis. Metabelba with propodolateral apophysis (P) present, well developed.

Other included species: Metabelba propexa ( Kulczynski, 1902) ; Metabelba cremersi van der Hammen, 1952 (= junior synonym of Metabelba papillipes according to van der Hammen & Strenzke, 1953); Metabelba pulverosa Strenzke, 1953 (described in van der Hammen & Strenzke, 1953); Metabelba singularis, Mihelčič 1964 ; Metabelba rara Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1965 ; Metabelba rohdendorfi Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1965 ; Metabelba obtusa Hammer, 1966 (= probable junior synonym of M. papillipes according to Norton 1979a); Metabelba parapulverosa Moritz, 1966 ; Metabelba glabriseta Mahunka, 1982 .