Bdellidae

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