Crotoniidae

Crotoniidae Temporal range: Neogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Camisia nova
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Superorder:	Acariformes
Order:	Oribatida
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Family:	Crotoniidae Thorell, 1876
Species
See text
Diversity
2 genera, c. 40 species
Synonyms
Crotonidae Holonothridae

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[]

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.

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