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

Thorell, 1876
Species

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Diversity
2 genera, c. 40 species
Synonyms

Crotonidae
Holonothridae

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]

  1. ^ Norton, R. (2007), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 24, cited in Science News, vol. 171, p. 302

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Atavism

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Oribatida

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Foliatus

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