Crotoniidae
Crotoniidae Temporal range:
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Camisia nova | |
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Subclass: | Acari
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Family: | Crotoniidae Thorell, 1876
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2 genera, c. 40 species | |
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Crotonidae |
Crotoniidae are a family of mites of the 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.[1]
Species[]
- Thorell, 1876
- (Berlese, 1916) — Africa
- (Berlese, 1901) — South America
- Luxton, 1987 — Australia
- Szywilewska, Olszanowski & Norton, 2005 — Chile
- Luxton, 1987 — Australia
- Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena
- (Wallwork, 1966) — Antarctica
- (Berlese, 1910) — New Caledonia
- Luxton, 1987 — Australia
- (Hammer, 1966) — New Zealand
- Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- Wallwork, 1977 — Chile
- (Michael, 1908) — Argentina, New Zealand
- Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- Colloff, 1990 — Natal, South Africa
- Colloff, 1990 — Natal
- (Balogh & Csiszar, 1963) — South America
- Lee, 1985 — South Australia
- Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena
- Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- Colloff, 1990 — Natal
- Olszanowski, 1997 — Serra do Mar, Parati area; Brazil
- (Jacot, 1934) — Pacific islands
- (Cambridge, 1875) — Chile, New Zealand
- Olszanowski, 2000 — Hellyer River gorge: Tasmania
- Colloff, 1990 — Natal
- Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena
- (Beck, 1962) — Neotropics
- Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- (Berlese, 1916) — Ethiopia
- Olszanowski, 2000 — New England N.P.: New South Wales
- Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- (Michael, 1908) New Zealand
- Wallwork, 1963
- Olszanowski, 1999 — Aisen, Queulat National Park, Puerto Cisnes area: Chile; Melanesia
- Wallwork, 1966 — Antarctica
- Wallwork, 1963 — Antarctica
- Olszanowski, 1997 — South Island, Nelson Lakes National Park: New Zealand
- Olszanowski, 1991 — Tasmania, Australia
- Olszanowski, 1997 — South Island, Nelson Lakes National Park; New Zealand
- Olszanowski, 1999 — Dominica, Trois Pitons: Leeward Islands
- Olszanowski, 1997 — Mount Paine: New Caledonia
- Balogh & Balogh, 1986 — Papua New Guinea
- Hammer, 1966 — New Zealand
- Olszanowski, 1991 — Tasmania, Australia
- Olszanowski, 1999 — Mérida, Laguna Negra: Venezuela; neotropical
- Norton & Olszanowski, 1989 — Congo: Kinshasa
Footnotes[]
- ^ Norton, R. (2007), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 24, cited in Science News, vol. 171, p. 302
References[]
- Subías, Luis S. (2007): Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes: Oribatida) del mundo (Excepto fósiles). PDF
- Katja Domes; Roy A. Norton; Mark Maraun; Stefan Scheu (2007). "Reevolution of sexuality breaks Dollo's law". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (17): 7139–7144. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.7139D. doi:10.1073/pnas.0700034104. PMC 1855408. PMID 17438282.
Categories:
- Acari families
- Acariformes
- Acari stubs