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Bdellidae

Arachnida - Acariformes - Bdellidae

Taxonomy
Bdellidae was named by Duges (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Acarina by Ewing (1937); and to Bdelloidea by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Bdellidae Duges
1937Bdellidae Ewing p. 56
2013Bdellidae Dunlop et al. p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderTrombidiformesReuter 1909
infraorderProstigmata
EupodidesKrantz 1978
superfamilyBdelloideaDuges 1834
familyBdellidaeDuges 1834
familyBdellidaeDuges 1834

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Bdellidae Duges 1834
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G. Bdella Latreille 1795
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Bdella vetusta Ewing 1937
G. Bdellodes Oudemans 1937
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Bdellodes lata Koch and Berendt 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Priabonian or 83.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Bdella vetusta (122356)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Bdella lata (109625)