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 — Africa
* Crotonia americana — 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 — Antarctica
* Crotonia camelus — New Caledonia
* Crotonia capistrata Luxton, 1987 — Australia
* Crotonia caudalis — New Zealand
* Crotonia cervicorna Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
* Crotonia chiloensis Wallwork, 1977 — Chile
* Crotonia cophinaria — Argentina, New Zealand
* Crotonia cupulata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
* Crotonia dicella Colloff, 1990 — Natal, South Africa
* Crotonia ecphyla Colloff, 1990 — Natal
* Crotonia flagellata — 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 — Pacific islands
* Crotonia obtecta — Chile, New Zealand
* Crotonia ovata Olszanowski, 2000 — Hellyer River gorge: Tasmania
* Crotonia pauropelor Colloff, 1990 — Natal
* Crotonia perforata Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena
* Crotonia pulchra — Neotropics
* Crotonia pyemaireneri Colloff, 2009 — Tasmania
* Crotonia reticulata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
* Crotonia rothschildi — Ethiopia
* Crotonia tasmaniana Colloff, 2009 — Tasmania
* Crotonia tryjanowskii Olszanowski, 2000 — New England N.P.: New South Wales
* Crotonia tuberculata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
* Crotonia unguifera 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