A Review of the Phylogeny of Mites

Woolley, Tyler A.

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“…1). Important summaries and reviews have been published by Reuter (1909); Andre´and Lamy (1937); Woolley (1961); Lindquist (1984) and Bernini (1986). This present work builds on all of these.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Woolley (1961) concluded that the similar, chelate chelicerae with three articles implied that mites originated from opilionid‐like ancestors. Uchida (1966) proposed that Acari is the most ‘modern’ arachnid order and that they show several (unspecified) similarities with Opiliones.…”

Section: A Sister‐group Among the Other Arachnids?mentioning

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“…It should also be stated that Grandjean did not actually propose a diphyletic origin for mites [see e.g. Lindquist (1984)– contra Woolley (1961, p. 265)]. The names of these groups were subsequently modified to Anactinotrichida Grandjean in van der Hammen, 1961 and Actinotrichida Grandjean in van der Hammen, 1961 (the latter with birefringent setae) respectively.…”

Section: Two Major Lineagesmentioning

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The affinities of mites and ticks: a review

Dunlop

Alberti

2007

J Zoological System

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Mites and ticks can be divided into two well-defined clades, Anactinotrichida and Actinotrichida, for which a recent work formalized a suite of putative autapomorphies and reciprocal differences. Whether they are sister-taxa -forming a monophyletic Acari -is more controversial. Earlier supporters of two independent origins for mites largely failed to demonstrate convincing synapomorphies between either of the two lineages and other arachnid orders; although recent work on reproductive biology revealed explicit characters of this nature. Furthermore, some of the characters proposed in support of a monophyletic Acari do not stand up to detailed scrutiny when compared with Arachnida in general. Effective morphological comparisons between mites and other arachnids are hindered by incompatible nomenclature and long-standing, mite-specific characters which are difficult to score for other arachnids. Furthermore, taxon-specific characters restricted to individual mite groups have sometimes been treated erroneously as ÔtypicalÕ for all Acari. Here, previous hypotheses of mite affinities are reviewed. Historically, authors have debated whether mites are basal arachnids or highly derived. Excluding weakly supported early hypotheses, mites have been resolved -in whole or in part -as sister-group of all other Arachnida (based on tagmosis), closely related to Opiliones (based mostly on genital morphology), Palpigradi (based on controversial interpretations of limb morphology), Solifugae (based mostly on the mouthparts, but now perhaps also reproductive characters) and Ricinulei (based on hexapodal larvae and perhaps mouthparts). We cannot provide a final resolution here, but we aim to highlight important character sets which should be included in subsequent phylogenetic analyses, as well as useful areas for future investigations: particularly tagmosis and the nature of the gnathosoma.

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The affinities of mites and ticks: a review

Dunlop

Alberti

2007

J Zoological System

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“…Balogh (1972) places the genus Pergalumna in the family Galumnidae. Woolley (1961) stated that most authors agree that the apex of specialization and development among the oribatids is among the Galumnidae.…”

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Nematode predation by oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

Rockett

1980

International Journal of Acarology

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“…Due to its distinct segmentation and its poorly sclerotinized, porous teguments, T tectorum is referred to as a primary species, whereas Tr. trim.aculatus, with its compact body structure, its well sclerotinized tegument and extended tracheal system, is interpreted a s a phylogenetically younger form (Woolley, 1961;Krantz, 1978).…”

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Faecal pellets of lichenivorous mites contain viable cells of the lichen-forming ascomycete Xanthoria parietina and its green algal photobiont, Trebouxia arboricola

Meier

Scherrer

Honegger

2008

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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The bright yellow wall lichen, Xarzthoria parietina, is usually inhabited by oribatid mites (Acari) which do not only find shelter, but also graze on selected areas of the thallus. As X. parietina does not produce symbiotic vegetative propagules and its compatible photobiont, unicellular green algae of the genus Debouxia, are rare outside lichen thalli, we tested the hypothesis of dispersal of viable Trebouxia cells via acarine faeces. The lichenivorous mites, Trhypochtonius tectorum and Trichoribates trimaculatus, were isolated from thalli of X. parietina and cultured in the laboratory on a lichen diet. Light microscopic investigations of faecal pellets from mites that had been feeding on X . parietina indicated gut passage of intact ascospores and photobiont cells. In a series of experiments, viable algal and fungal cells contained in such faecal pellets were cultured. The taxonomic affiliation of these isolates was identified using molecular techniques, i.e. comparative investigations of nuclear ribosomal gene data (ITS 1 and 2, 5.8s rDNA) in the algal and fungal partners, and of the species-specific hydrophobin gene sequence in the fungal partner. Our culturing experiments demonstrated that the faecal pellets of both lichenivorous mites, upon feeding on X. parietina, contain viable ascospores and photobiont cells (Trebouxia arboricola) and thus might be a common and successful mode of vegetative short-and long-distance dispersal of this and numerous other lichen-forming ascomycetes and their photobionts. Future studies will have to elucidate the evolutionary significance of invertebrate interactions with lichens. 0 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 76, 259-268.ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS: Acari -comparative rDNA sequence analysis culturing experiments -hydrophobin gene sequence -lichen-arthropod interactions -oribatid mites -Trhypochtonius tectorum -Trichoribates trimaculatus -vegetative dispersal of lichens.

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A Review of the Phylogeny of Mites

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The affinities of mites and ticks: a review

The affinities of mites and ticks: a review

Nematode predation by oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

Faecal pellets of lichenivorous mites contain viable cells of the lichen-forming ascomycete Xanthoria parietina and its green algal photobiont, Trebouxia arboricola

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