TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Pseudofeltria (Acariformes: Pionidae) in Europe: Three previously described taxa, a species new to science from the Northern Apennines, and a redefinition of Foreliinae VL - 54 IS - 1 SP - 57 EP - 67 PY - 2014 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Gerecke, R. UR - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20142115 DO - 10.1051/acarologia/20142115 DA - 2014-03-28 ET - 2014-03-28 KW - water mites KW - new species KW - spring habitat KW - Northern Italy KW - systematics KW - Foreliinae AB - The morphological variability of Pseudofeltria scourfieldi Soar, 1904, a water mite species known from scattered sites in Central and Northern Europe, is documented on the base of populations from the Bavarian Alps and bibliographic data; its diagnostic characters are discussed in comparison with P. quadriscutata Biesiadka, 1971 from Western Beskides (Poland) and P. aemiliana n. sp. from mountain springs in the Region of Emilia Romagna (Italy). Pseudofeltria vanrensburgi Bader, 1974 (Switzerland) is a junior synonym of Forelia variegator (Koch, 1837). A new diagnosis of the subfamily Foreliinae is given and discussed, including species of the genera Pionacercopsis (former subgenus of Pionacercus, here elevated to the genus rank) and Pionacercus. ER -