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 Latreille, 1795 Biscirus Thor, 1913 Cyta von Heyden, 1826 Hexabdella van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2004 Monotrichobdella Baker & Balock, 1944 Neomolgus Oudemans, 1937 Odontoscirus Thor, 1913 Polytrichus van Der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, 2003 Spinibdella Thor, 1930 Tetrabdella Hernandes & Feres, 2006 Trachymolgus Berlese, 1923
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