Belongs within: Neohydrachnidia.
Contains: Lebertia (Lebertia).
The Lebertiidae are a family of water mites with the coxal shield posteriorly produced and often surrounding the genital field.
Characters (Gerecke 2009): Idiosoma oval or spherical in shape; dorsal and posteroventral integument soft, muscle-attachments generally unsclerotised; lateral eyes in capsules; coxal shield covering anteroventral surface of idiosoma, posteriorly approaching or completely surrounding genital field, with Y-shaped suture extending from anterior edge of genital bay to gnathosomal bay; suture line between Cx-II and -III interrupted centrally, opening of glandularium C-4 located anteriorly, near tips of Cx-I and flanking gnathosomal bay; leg insertions not set far forward, insertions of IV-L not associated with sheets or extensions of coxal surface, visible in ventral view; all legs bearing well-developed claws; swimming setae present on II-L-5, III-L-4/5, and IV-L-4/5, or completely absent; genital field with movable flaps and usually three pairs of elongate acetabula flanking gonopore; gnathosoma bearing slender chelicerae with minute claws; palps with P-1 bearing one usually short dorsodistal seta; P-2 usually bearing one strong ventrodistal seta and several generally short dorsal setae; P-3 with four to nine long setae, usually restricted to medial and dorsal surface; P-4 with two fine ventral setae and short, peg-like mediodistal seta, additional setae mostly on dorsal surface.
<==Lebertiidae
|--Scutolebertia Smith 1991G09
| `--S. trinitensis Smith 1991G09
`--+--Paralebertia Tuzovskij 2003G09
| `--P. aborigenica Tuzovskij 2003G09
`--Lebertia Neuman 1880 (see below for synonymy)G09
| i. s.: L. acuta Sokolow 1934G09
| ‘Estelloxus’ californiensis Habeeb 1963G09
| L. convergens Thor 1911G09
| L. fabricii (Thorell 1872) [=Hygrobates fabricii]T05
| L. michiganensisWL09
| L. quinquemaculosaWP99
| L. sutschanica Sokolow 1934G09
| L. ussuriensis Sokolow 1934G09
| L. ventriscutataWL09
|--L. (Lebertia)G09
|--L. (Brentalebertia Gerecke 2008)G09
| |--L. (*B.) hygropetrica Gerecke 2008G09
| |--L. (B.) hupalupu Gerecke 2009G09
| `--L. (B.) minutipalpis Viets 1920G09
|--L. (Eolebertia Gerecke 2009)G09
| |--L. (E.) danielei Gerecke 2009G09
| `--L. (E.) elsteri Schwoerbel 1957G09
|--L. (Mixolebertia Thor 1906) [incl. Hexalebertia Thor 1906]G09
| |--L. (*M.) brevipora Thor 1899 [incl. L. brevipora stjoerdalensis Thor 1906]G09
| |--L. (M.) aberrata Viets 1922 [=L. cuneifera aberrata]G09
| |--L. (M.) aspera Walter 1922 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (M.) bisbisetosa Viets 1930G09
| |--L. (M.) bracteata Viets 1925G09
| |--L. (M.) contracta Thor 1900 [=L. parallelepipeda Sokolow 1926]G09
| |--L. (M.) costata Koenike 1908 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (M.) crenophila Viets 1920 (see below for synonymy)G09
| |--L. (M.) cuneifera Walter 1922 [incl. L. cuneifera pedunculata Viets 1925]G09
| |--L. (M.) cylindrata Bader 1955G09
| |--L. (M.) depressostriata Viets 1952G09
| |--L. (M.) dubia Thor 1899 (see below for synonymy)G09
| |--L. (M.) duricoria Koenike 1911 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (M.) excellens Lundblad 1956 [=L. tenuicollis excellens]G09
| |--L. (M.) fontana Walter 1912 (see below for synonymy)G09
| |--L. (M.) giardinai Maglio 1908 [incl. L. gracilipes Walter 1922, L. sefveoides Schwoerbel 1962]G09
| |--L. (M.) halberti Koenike 1902 [incl. L. schmidtii Thor 1911]G09
| |--L. (M.) haliki Viets 1928 [=L. pusilla Halík 1926 non Koenike 1911; incl. L. barsica Szalay 1937]G09
| |--L. (M.) helocrenica Gerecke 2009G09
| |--L. (M.) helvetica Thor 1906 [=L. oudemansi helvetica; incl. L. dubiaeformis Sokolow 1930]G09
| |--L. (M.) holsatica Viets 1920G09
| |--L. (M.) incognita Viets 1922 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (M.) inflexa Thor 1913 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (M.) lativentris Viets 1922 [incl. L. tenuicollis calva Viets 1925, L. tenuicollis Viets 1922]G09
| |--L. (M.) longipalpis Viets 1936G09
| |--L. (M.) longipes Monti 1904 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (M.) macilenta Viets 1926G09
| |--L. (M.) madericola Lundblad 1942G09
| |--L. (M.) maderigena Lundblad 1942G09
| |--L. (M.) mediterranea Gerecke 2009G09
| |--L. (M.) nitida Motaş & Tanasachi 1963 [=L. holsatica nitida]G09
| |--L. (M.) novipalpis Halbert 1944 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (M.) oudemansi Koenike in Oudemans & Koenike 1898 (see below for synonymy)G09
| |--L. (M.) oxa Gerecke 2009G09
| |--L. (M.) pyrenaica Migot 1926 (n. d.) [=L. marginata Migot 1926 non Viets 1920]G09
| |--L. (M.) reducta Wainstein & Tuzovskij 1974G09
| |--L. (M.) sefvei Walter 1911 (see below for synonymy)G09
| |--L. (M.) semireticulata Viets 1925G09
| |--L. (M.) separata Lundblad 1930 [=L. stigmatifera var. separata]G09
| |--L. (M.) sigthori Maglio 1908G09
| |--L. (M.) sinuata Viets 1930G09
| `--L. (M.) stigmatifera Thor 1900 (see below for synonymy)G09
|--L. (Pilolebertia Thor 1900)G09
| |--L. (P.) algeriensis Lundblad 1942G09
| |--L. (P.) curvipalpis Halbert 1944 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (P.) inaequalis (Koch 1837) (see below for synonymy)G09
| |--L. (P.) insignis Neuman 1880 [incl. Berlesia gracilis (Piersig 1896-1899)]G09
| |--L. (P.) kuzini Wainstein & Tuzovskij 1974G09
| |--L. (P.) longiseta Bader 1955G09
| |--L. (P.) minuticornis Viets 1949 (n. d.) [incl. L. minutipalpis Halbert 1944 non Viets 1920]G09
| |--L. (P.) pilosa Maglio 1924 [incl. L. bucovinensis Husiatinschi 1937]G09
| |--L. (P.) plauta Halbert 1944 (n. d.)G09
| |--L. (P.) porosa Thor 1900 (see below for synonymy)G09
| `--L. (P.) saxonica Thor 1911 (n. d.) [=L. insignis saxonica]G09
`--L. (Septlebertia Imamura 1945)G09
|--L. (*S.) imamurai Viets 1956G09
`--L. (S.) convergella Tuzovskij 1990G09
Lebertia Neuman 1880 [=Pachygaster Lebert 1879 (preoc.); incl. Berlesia Piersig 1896-1899 non Canestrini 1884, Estelloxus Habeeb 1963, Neolebertia Thor 1905, Protolebertia Thor 1911, Urolebertia Thor 1911 (n. n.)]G09
Lebertia (Mixolebertia) crenophila Viets 1920 [incl. L. crenophila angusta Viets 1920, L. crenophila lobata Viets 1920, L. crenophila obtusa Viets 1920]G09
Lebertia (Mixolebertia) dubia Thor 1899 [incl. L. angulata Thor 1907, L. cirrata Viets 1920, L. comensis Maglio 1924, L. angulata cornuta Viets 1920, L. densa Koenike 1902, L. fallens Koenike 1919, L. marginata Viets 1920, L. palpalis Viets 1926, L. dubia pennata Husiatinschi 1937, L. plicata Koenike 1902, L. solida Koenike 1908, L. dubia suturata Viets 1926, L. densa tenuis Walter 1912, L. theodorae Thor 1907, L. vietsi Thor 1922]G09
Lebertia (Mixolebertia) fontana Walter 1912 [incl. L. anomala Viets 1925, L. extendens Walter 1922, L. fontana lizumensis Viets 1925, L. robusta Walter 1922]G09
Lebertia (Mixolebertia) oudemansi Koenike in Oudemans & Koenike 1898 [incl. L. alata Viets 1918, L. asiatica Thor 1911, L. berlesei Thor 1926, L. frigida Lundblad 1925, L. hofsteni Walter 1911, L. ontarioensis Marshall 1929, L. primitiva Walter 1911, L. prolongata Thor 1922, L. asiatica teletzkensis Sokolow 1930, L. tschernowskii Sokolow 1930]G09
Lebertia (Mixolebertia) sefvei Walter 1911 [incl. L. sevei aberripalpis Lundblad 1956, L. sefvei circumclusa Viets 1922, L. expansa excavata Thor 1922, L. expansa Thor 1922, L. sefvei interposita Viets 1925]G09
Lebertia (Mixolebertia) stigmatifera Thor 1900 [incl. L. complexa Koenike 1911, L. complexa conjuncta Viets 1920, L. stigmatifera nodosa Viets 1923, L. complexa porifera Viets 1925, L. complexa producta Viets 1920, L. stigmatifera trisetica Thor 1907]G09
Lebertia (Pilolebertia) inaequalis (Koch 1837) [=Hygrobates inaequalis; incl. L. exuta behningi Thor 1923, L. circularis Viets 1908, L. exuta Koenike 1908, L. harnischi Viets 1926, L. hispanica Viets 1930, L. latiepimerata Husiatinschi 1937, L. circularis luminosa Koenike 1908, L. macedonica Viets 1936, L. neocomiensis Bader 1955, L. parallela Walter 1925, L. circularis peregrina Viets 1923, L. quadripora Koenike 1903, L. parallela variabilis Walter in Walter & Motaş 1927, L. wackeri Bader 1955]G09
Lebertia (Pilolebertia) porosa Thor 1900 [incl. L. porosa britannica Thor 1906, L. caucasica Sokolow 1927, L. crassipalpis Halbert 1944, L. caucasica cubanica Sokolow 1940, L. curvata Viets 1925, L. porosa distans Thor 1926, L. porosa dorsalis Thor 1906, L. gibbosa Lundblad 1926, L. heterotricha Láska 1951, L. hibernica Viets 1949, L. porosa italica Thor 1906, L. jenissejensis Sokolow 1930, L. koenikei Halbert 1944 non Thor 1913, L. lacertosa Koenike 1911, L. leioderma Viets 1925, L. violacea lurida Viets 1921, L. porosa obscura Thor 1900, L. pachydermis Koenike 1908, L. pachypalpis Sokolow 1934, L. riabuschinskii Thor 1926, L. rivalis Koenike 1918, L. rotunda Halbert 1944, L. stackelbergi saxicola Sokolow 1936, L. seclusa Koenike 1914, L. stackelbergi Sokolow 1934, L. valenciana Viets 1930, L. validipes Lundblad 1942, L. vigintimaculata Thor 1900, L. violacea Viets 1921]G09
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[G09] Gerecke, R. 2009. Revisional studies on the European species of the water mite genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae). Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 566: 1–144.
[T05] Trägårdh, I. 1905. Monographie der arktischen Acariden. In: Römer, F., & F. Schaudinn (eds) Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellun der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonder Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 vol. 4 pp. 1–78. Gustav Fischer: Jena.
[WL09] Walter, D. E., E. E. Lindquist, I. M. Smith, D. R. Cook & G. W. Krantz. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3rd ed. pp. 233–420. Texas Tech University Press.
[WP99] Walter, D. E., & H. C. Proctor. 1999. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).