Pionidae (Family)

Overview

A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.

The Family Pionidae is a member of the Superfamily Hygrobatoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pionidae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Arachnomorpha Heider, 1913
        Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes
        Superclass: Chelicerata
        Class: Arachnida Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
        Subclass: Acari Leach, 1817 - Mites and Ticks
        Superorder: Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 - Mitelike Mites
        Order: Actinedida van der Hammen, 1968 [1972?]
        Suborder: Parasitengona Oudemans, 1909
        Superfamily: Hygrobatoidea C.L. Koch, 1842
        Family: Pionidae Sig Thor, 1900

The Family Pionidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (14): Forelia · Huitfeldtia · Hydrochoreutes · Nautarachna · Neotiphys · Piona · Pionacercus · Pionella · Pionopsis · Pseudofeltria · Schminkea · Tiphys · Twinforksella · Wettina
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 138 species and subspecies in the Family Pionidae.

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]

At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Wettina.

More info about the Genus Wettina may be found here.

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