Spinibdella Thor, 1930

Theron, Elizabeth Omukunda Pieter D & Ueckermann, E A, 2012, Spinibdella Thor (Acari: Bdellidae) from southern Africa: descriptions of five new species and the redescription of S. thori (Meyer & Ryke), Zootaxa 3304, pp. 1-24 : 3

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Spinibdella Thor: 1930 : 22; 1931a: 39; 1931b: 70; Willmann, 1939a: 39; 1939b: 532; 1952: 165; Baker & Wharton, 1952: 179; Atyeo, 1960: 424; 1963: 121, 172; Wallace & Mahon, 1972: 563; Soliman & Zaher, 1975: 80; Ghilarov, 1978: 142.

Type species: Spinibdella reducta Thor, 1930 (by original designation).

Remarks. Spinibdella is closely related to Biscirus but can be distinguished by: a short and truncate palp tibiotarsus; elongated chelicerae, each bearing two subequal setae inserted on distal half; distal cheliceral seta does not extend beyond the tips of the chelae; chelae small and needle-like; coxa I with at least one simple tactile seta; vertical external setae (ve) present; striation pattern on prodosoma as well as modified setae on amphioid sclerites of the males are species characters.

References

Atyeo, W. T. (1960) A revision of the mite family Bdellidae in North and Central America (Acarina, Prostigmata). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 40 (8), 345 - 499.

Baker, E. W. & Wharton G. W. (1952) An Introduction to Acarology. New York, Macmillan Books, 465 pp.

Ghilarov, M. S. (1978) Identification key of soil inhabiting mites. Trombidiformes. Nauka, Moscow, 1 - 27.

Soliman, Z. R. & Zaher, M. A. (1975) Bdellid mites of Lattakia, Syria (Acarine: Bdellidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d' Egypte, 59, 75 - 82.

Thor, S. (1930) Norwegische Bdellidae IV - V. Zwei neue arten und ein neue Gattung. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 92 (1 - 2), 17 - 26.

Wallace, M. M. H. & Mahon, J. A. (1972) The taxonomy and biology of Australian Bdellidae (Acari). I. Sub-families Bdellinae, Spinibdellinae and Cytinae. Acarologia, 14 (4), 544 - 580.

Willmann, C. (1939 a) Die Arthropoden fauna von Madeira nach den Ergebnissen der Reise von Prof. Dr. O. Lundblad. July, Aug. 1935. XIV. Terrestrische Acari. Arkiv for Zoologi, Bd. 31 A (10), 1 - 42.