Holothyrida


The Holothyrida are a small order of mites in the superorder Parasitiformes. No fossils are known. With body lengths of more than they are relatively large mites, with a heavily sclerotized body. It is divided into three families, Allothyridae, Holothyridae, and Neothyridae. In a 1998 experimental study, members of the family Allothyridae were found to ignore living animals but readily fed on the body fluids of dead arthropods, making them scavengers.
The order has a distribution largely confined to former Gondwanan landmasses. They are the sister group to Ixodida.

Systematics

Allothyridae

Allothyridae van der Hammen, 1972 — Australia, New Zealand
  • Allothyrus van der Hammen, 1961
  • Australothyrus van der Hammen, 1983

    Holothyridae

Holothyridae Thorell, 1882 Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean islands, New Guinea, New Caledonia
  • Sternothyrus Lehtinen, 1995
  • * Sternothyrus braueri — Seychelles
  • Lindothyrus Lehtinen, 1995
  • * Lindothyrus elongatus Lehtinen, 1995 — Lord Howe Island
  • * Lindothyrus rubellus Lehtinen, 1995 — New Caledonia
  • Indothyrus Lehtinen, 1995
  • * Indothyrus greeni Lehtinen, 1995 — Sri Lanka
  • Haplothyrus Lehtinen, 1995
  • *Haplothyrus expolitissimus — New Caledonia
  • * Haplothyrus hyatti Lehtinen, 1995 — unknown locality
  • Holothyrus Gervais, 1842 — Mauritius
  • * Holothyrus coccinella Gervais, 1842
  • * Holothyrus legendrei Hammen, 1983
  • Hammenius Lehtinen, 1981
  • * Hammenius armatus — Tamara Island : New Guinea
  • * Hammenius berlesei — New Guinea
  • * Hammenius braueri
  • * Hammenius fujuge Lehtinen, 1981 — New Guinea
  • * Hammenius grandjeani — Mount Bosavi: New Guinea
  • * Hammenius holthuisi van der Hammen, 1983
  • * Hammenius ingii Lehtinen, 1981 — New Guinea
  • * Hammenius insularis Lehtinen, 1995 — Louisiade Archipelago: New Guinea
  • * Hammenius longipes — Fly River, New Guinea
  • * Hammenius mendi — Strickland River: New Guinea
  • * Hammenius montanus Hammen, 1983 — Irian Jaya
  • * ''Hammenius niger''

    Neothyridae

Neothyridae Lehtinen, 1981 Northern South America and the Caribbean
  • Diplothyrus Lehtinen, 1999 Brazil, French Guiana
  • * Diplothyrus schubarti Lehtinen, 1999
  • * Diplothyrus lecorrei Klompen 2010
  • * Diplothyrus lehtineni Vázquez & de Araújo & Feres 2016
  • Neothyrus Lehtinen, 1981 Peru
  • * Neothyrus ana Lehtinen, 1981
  • Caribothyrus Kontschán & Mahunka 2004 Dominican Republic
  • *Caribothyrus barbatus Kontschán & Mahunka 2004