- Source: Crotoniidae
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
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.