Pionidae

Pionidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Superfamily:	Hygrobatoidea
Family:	Pionidae Thor, 1900

Pionidae is a family of prostigs in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 15 genera and at least 90 described species in Pionidae.[1][2][3][4][5]

Genera

• Forelia Haller, 1882
• Huitfeldtia Thor, 1898
• Hydrochoreutes C. L. Koch, 1837
• Najadicola Piersig, 1897
• Nautarachna Moniez, 1888
• Neotiphys Habeeb, 1957
• Piona C. L. Koch, 1842
• Pionacercus Piersig, 1894
• Pionella Viets, 1937
• Pionopsis Piersig, 1894
• Pseudofeltria Soar, 1904
• Schminkea
• Tiphys C. L. Koch, 1836
• Twinforksella
• Wettina Piersig, 1892

References

1. "Pionidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
2. "Pionidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Pionidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Browse Pionidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. Pepato, A.R.; Klimov, P.B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15. BioMed Central: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.

Further reading

• Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. Vol. Fifth Edition. American Tarantula Society. ISBN 1-929427-11-5.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
• Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.