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