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Family of mites
CrotoniidaeTemporal range:
Neogene–present
Camisia nova
Scientific classification
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Crotoniidae
Species
See text
Diversity
2 genera, c. 40 species
Synonyms
Crotonidae
Holonothridae
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 .
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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
^ Norton, R. (2007), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , April 24, cited in Science News , vol. 171, p. 302
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