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Holothyrida

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The order has a distribution largely confined to former Gondwanan landmasses. They are the sister group to Ixodida (ticks).

Systematics

Allothyridae

Allothyridae van der Hammen, 1972 — Australia, New Zealand

  • Allothyrus van der Hammen, 1961
  • Allothyrus australasiae (Womersley, 1935)
  • Allothyrus constrictus (Domrow, 1955)
  • Australothyrus van der Hammen, 1983
  • Australothyrus ocellatus van der Hammen, 1983

Holothyridae

Holothyridae Thorell, 1882 Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean islands, New Guinea, New Caledonia

  • Sternothyrus Lehtinen, 1995
  • Indothyrus Lehtinen, 1995
    • Indothyrus greeni Lehtinen, 1995 — Sri Lanka
  • Haplothyrus Lehtinen, 1995
    • Haplothyrus expolitissimus (Berlese, 1924) — 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 (Canestrini, 1897) — Tamara Island (Aitape): New Guinea
    • Hammenius berlesei (Lehtinen, 1995) — New Guinea
    • Hammenius braueri (Thon, 1906)
    • Hammenius fujuge Lehtinen, 1981 — New Guinea (Central District, Oro Province)
    • Hammenius grandjeani (Hammen, 1961) — 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 (Thorell, 1882) — Fly River, New Guinea (?)
    • Hammenius mendi (Lehtinen, 1995) — Strickland River: New Guinea
    • Hammenius montanus Hammen, 1983 — Irian Jaya
    • Hammenius niger (Thon, 1906)

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

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