Pionidae

Forelia sp., copyright Centre for Biodiversity Genomics.

Belongs within: Hygrobatoidea.
Contains: Piona.

The Pionidae are a diverse, cosmopolitan family of mites found in springs, streams and standing water bodies. Adults are markedly sexually dimorphic and may perform elaborate courtship rituals. Larvae are parasites on Chironomidae (Walter et al. 2009).

Pionidae
    |--Najadicola [Najadicolinae] WL09
    |    `--N. ingens WL09
    |--Hydrochoreutes [Hydrochoreutinae] WL09
    |    |--H. minor WL09
    |    `--H. ungulatus D01
    |--Pioninae WL09
    |    |--Nautarachna muskoka WL09
    |    `--Piona WL09
    |--Huitfeldtiinae WL09
    |    |--Huitfeldtia rectipes WL09
    |    `--Larri Harvey 1996 WL09, H98
    |         `--L. laffa Harvey 1996 H98
    |--Schminkeinae WL09
    |    |--Twinforksella WL09
    |    `--Schminkea Schwoerbel 1984 S86
    |         `--S. pacifica Schwoerbel 1984 S86
    |--Foreliinae WL09
    |    |--Pionacercus WL09
    |    |    |--P. uncinatus BK91
    |    |    `--P. vatrax (Koch 1837) GS91
    |    |--Pseudofeltria WL09
    |    |    |--P. laversi WL09
    |    |    `--P. multipora WL09
    |    `--Forelia WL09
    |         |--F. borealis WL09
    |         |--F. liliacea BK91
    |         |--F. onondaga WL09
    |         |--F. ovalis WL09
    |         `--F. spatulifera BK91
    `--Tiphyinae WL09
         |--Pionopsis lutescens (Hermann 1804) WL09, PH91
         |--Neotiphys pionoidellus WL09
         |--Pionides WL09
         |--Acercella Lundblad 1941 WL09, H98
         |    |--A. falcipes Lundblad 1941 H98
         |    `--A. poorginup Harvey 1996 H98
         |--Australotiphys Cook 1986 WL09, H98
         |    |--A. barmutai Harvey 1996 H98
         |    |--A. himonius Harvey 1996 H98
         |    `--A. magnisetus Cook 1986 [=Australiotiphys (l. c.) magnisetus] H98
         `--Tiphys WL09
              |--T. gracilipes WL09
              |--T. latipes (O.F.M. 1776) GS91
              |--T. ornatus (Koch 1836) L91
              `--T. torris (O.F.M. 1776) GS91

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BK91] Biesiadka, E., & W. Kowalik. 1991. Water mites (Hydracarina) as indicators of trophy and pollution in lakes. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 475–481. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[D01] Daday, E. 1901. Édesvizi mikroszkópi állatok [Mikroskopische Süsswasserthiere]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 375–470. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[GS91] Gerecke, R., & J. Schwoerbel. 1991. Water quality and water mites (Acari, Actinedida) in the Upper Danube region, 1959-1984. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 483–491. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[L91] Leimann, J. 1991. Structure and formation of the sperm package of Piona carnea (Koch, 1836) (Prostigmata, Hydrachnidia), a copulating water mite. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 449–454. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[PH91] Punčochár, P., & J. Hrbáček. 1991. Water mites in the plankton of Hubenov Reservoir and their relations to fish stock composition. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 449–457. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[S86] Schwoerbel, J. 1986. Acari: “Hydrachnellae”. In: Botosaneanu, L. (ed.) Stygofauna Mundi: A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial) pp. 652–696. E. J. Brill/Dr W. Backhuys: Leiden.

[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 3^rd ed. pp. 233–420. Texas Tech University Press.

Last updated: 6 July 2022.