Crotoniidae

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Holosomata Scientific name Crotoniidae Rank Family Subclass Acari		Superorder Acariformes Superfamily Crotonioidea Phylum Arthropoda Order Oribatida

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Crotoniidae are a family of mites of the Holosomata group that may be the first animal lineage to have abandoned sexual reproduction and then re-evolved it. This is a spectacular case of atavism, and later convergent evolution.

Species

Crotonia Thorell, 1876

Crotonia alluaudi (Berlese, 1916) — Africa

Crotonia americana (Berlese, 1901) — South America

Crotonia ardala Luxton, 1987 — Australia

Crotonia blaszaki Szywilewska, Olszanowski & Norton, 2005 — Chile

Crotonia borbora Luxton, 1987 — Australia

Crotonia brassicae Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena

Crotonia brevicornuta (Wallwork, 1966) — Antarctica

Crotonia camelus (Berlese, 1910) — New Caledonia

Crotonia capistrata Luxton, 1987 — Australia

Crotonia caudalis (Hammer, 1966) — New Zealand

Crotonia cervicorna Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand

Crotonia chiloensis Wallwork, 1977 — Chile

Crotonia cophinaria (Michael, 1908) — Argentina, New Zealand

Crotonia cupulata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand

Crotonia dicella Colloff, 1990 — Natal, South Africa

Crotonia ecphyla Colloff, 1990 — Natal

Crotonia flagellata (Balogh & Csiszar, 1963) — South America

Crotonia jethurmerae Lee, 1985 — South Australia

Crotonia lanceolata Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena

Crotonia longibulbula Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand

Crotonia lyrata Colloff, 1990 — Natal

Crotonia marlenae Olszanowski, 1997 — Serra do Mar, Parati area; Brazil

Crotonia nukuhivae (Jacot, 1934) — Pacific islands

Crotonia obtecta (Cambridge, 1875) — Chile, New Zealand

Crotonia ovata Olszanowski, 2000 — Hellyer River gorge: Tasmania

Crotonia pauropelor Colloff, 1990 — Natal

Crotonia perforata Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena

Crotonia pulchra (Beck, 1962) — Neotropics

Crotonia reticulata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand

Crotonia rothschildi (Berlese, 1916) — Ethiopia

Crotonia tryjanowskii Olszanowski, 2000 — New England N.P.: New South Wales

Crotonia tuberculata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand

Crotonia unguifera (Michael, 1908) New Zealand

Holonothrus Wallwork, 1963

Holonothrus artus Olszanowski, 1999 — Aisen, Queulat National Park, Puerto Cisnes area: Chile; Melanesia

Holonothrus concavus Wallwork, 1966 — Antarctica

Holonothrus foliatus Wallwork, 1963 — Antarctica

Holonothrus gracilis Olszanowski, 1997 — South Island, Nelson Lakes National Park: New Zealand

Holonothrus mitis Olszanowski, 1991 — Tasmania, Australia

Holonothrus naskreckii Olszanowski, 1997 — South Island, Nelson Lakes National Park; New Zealand

Holonothrus nortoni Olszanowski, 1999 — Dominica, Trois Pitons: Leeward Islands

Holonothrus novaecaledoniae Olszanowski, 1997 — Mount Paine: New Caledonia

Holonothrus papua Balogh & Balogh, 1986 — Papua New Guinea

Holonothrus pulcher Hammer, 1966 — New Zealand

Holonothrus robustus Olszanowski, 1991 — Tasmania, Australia

Holonothrus venetiolanus Olszanowski, 1999 — Mérida, Laguna Negra: Venezuela; neotropical

Holonothrus virungensis Norton & Olszanowski, 1989 — Congo: Kinshasa

References

Crotoniidae Wikipedia

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