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.[1]

Crotoniidae
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Subclass:
Acari
Superorder:
Acariformes
Order:
Oribatida
Suborder:
Holosomata
Superfamily:
Crotonioidea
Family:
Crotoniidae

Thorell, 1876
Species

See text.

Diversity
2 genera, c. 40 species
Synonyms

Crotonidae
Holonothridae

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
  1. 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.0700034104. PMC 1855408. PMID 17438282.


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