Table 1.
Phylogenetic affiliation, full species name, fragment length, GenBank accession numbers, reproductive mode, type of sensillus and degree of sclerotization of oribatid mite taxa studied and outgroups (bark-living taxa in bold). Sequences other than those labelled ‘a’ were obtained from GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/GenBank).
| taxa | fragment length (bp) | GenBank accession number | reproductive mode | type of sensillus | degree of sclerotization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgroups | ||||||
| Araneae | Liphistius bicoloripes (Ono 1988) | 1617 | AF007104 | sexual | — | — |
| Ricinulei | Pseudocellus pearsei (Chamberlin & Ivie 1938) | 1619 | PPU91489 | sexual | — | — |
| Ixodidae | Amblyomma sphenodonti (Dubleton 1943) | 1621 | DQ507238 | sexual | — | — |
| Opilioacaridae | Opilioacarus texanus (Chamberlin & Mulaik 1942) | 1619 | AF124935 | sexual | — | — |
| Enarthronota | ||||||
| Hypochthoniidae | Hypochthonius rufulus (C. L. Koch 1835) | 1664 | EF091427 | thelytokous | non-clavate | weak |
| Eniochthoniidae | Eniochthonius minutissimus (Berlese 1903) | 1643 | EF091428 | thelytokous | non-clavate | weak |
| Lohmanniidae | Lohmannia banksi (Norton et al. 1978) | 1676 | AF022036 | thelytokous | non-clavate | weak |
| Palaeosomata | ||||||
| Acaronychidae | Stomacarus ligamentifer (Hammer 1967) | 1620 | EU433992 | sexual | non-clavate | weak |
| Zachvatkinella sp. (Lange 1954) | 1619 | EF203776 | sexual | non-clavate | weak | |
| Palaeacaridae | Palaeacarus hystricinus (Trägardh 1932) | 1618 | EF204472 | thelytokous | non-clavate | weak |
| Mixonomata | ||||||
| Phthiracaridae | Steganacarus magnus (Nicolet 1855) | 1616 | AF022040 | sexual | non-clavate | strong |
| Atropacarus striculus (C. L. Koch 1835) | 1625 | EF091416 | thelytokous | non-clavate | strong | |
| Euphthiracaroidea | Rhysotritia duplicata (Grandjean 1953) | 1624 | EF091417 | thelytokous | non-clavate | strong |
| Desmonomata | ||||||
| Camisiidae | Camisia biurus(Koch 1839) | 1624 | EF081302 | thelytokous | clavate | strong |
| Camisia horrida(Hermann 1804)a | 1624 | EU432207 | thelytokous | clavate | strong | |
| Camisia invenusta (Michael 1888)a | 1624 | EU432208 | thelytokous | clavate | strong | |
| Camisia segnis(Hermann 1804)a | 1624 | EU432209 | thelytokous | clavate | strong | |
| Camisia spinifer(C. L. Koch 1835) | 1624 | EF091420 | thelytokous | clavate | strong | |
| Platynothrus peltifer (C. L. Koch 1839) | 1624 | EF091422 | thelytokous | non-clavate | strong | |
| Crotoniidae | Crotonia brachyrostrum(Hammer 1966) | 1624 | EF081303 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Malaconothridae | Malaconothrus gracilis v.d. (Hammen 1952) | 1624 | EF091424 | thelytokous | no sensillus | weak |
| Trimalaconothrus sp. (Berlese 1916)a | 1624 | EU432210 | thelytokous | no sensillus | weak | |
| Nothridae | Nothrus silvestris (Nicolet 1855) | 1624 | EF091425 | thelytokous | non-clavate | strong |
| Trhypochthoniidae | Archegozetes longisetosus (Aoki 1965) | 1631 | AF022027 | thelytokous | non-clavate | intermediate |
| Trhypochthonius tectorum(Berlese 1896) | 1623 | AF022041 | thelytokous | clavate | intermediate | |
| Brachypylina (non-Poronota) | ||||||
| Carabodidae | Carabodes subarcticus (Trägardh 1902) | 1623 | EF091429 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Odontocepheus elongatus(Michael 1879)a | 1625 | EU432200 | sexual | clavate | strong | |
| Ceratoppiidae | Ceratoppia bipilis (Hermann 1804)a | 1624 | EU432204 | sexual | clavate | intermediate |
| Cepheidae | Cepheus latus (Koch 1835)a | 1624 | EU432206 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Cymbaeremaeidae | Cymbaeremaeus cymba(Nicolet 1855)a | 1624 | EU432201 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Scapheremaeus palustris(Sellnick 1924) | 1640 | EU433989 | sexual | clavate | strong | |
| Eremaeidae | Eueremaeus oblongus(Koch 1835)a | 1624 | EU432205 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Eutegaeidae | Eutegaeus curviseta (Hammer 1966) | 1624 | EF081297 | sexual | non-clavate | strong |
| Liacaridae | Adoristes poppei (Oudemans 1906)a | 1624 | EU432202 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Neoliodidae | Liodessp. (Heyden 1829) | 1625 | AF022035 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Poroliodes farinosus(Koch 1839) | 1624 | EF203779 | sexual | clavate | strong | |
| Xenillidae | Xenillus discrepans(Grandjean 1936)a | 1624 | EU432203 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Brachypylina (Poronota) | ||||||
| Achipteriidae | Achipteria coleoptrata (Linnaeus 1758) | 1624 | EF091418 | sexual | non-clavate | strong |
| Ceratozetidae | Oromurcia sudetica (Willmann 1939)a | 1625 | EU432194 | sexual | non-clavate | strong |
| Trichoribates trimaculatus(Koch 1835)a | 1625 | EU432195 | sexual | clavate | strong | |
| Chamobatidae | Chamobates pusillus (Berlese 1895)a | 1624 | EU432188 | sexual | non-clavate | strong |
| Chamobates subglobulus (Oudemans 1900)a | 1624 | EU432190 | sexual | non-clavate | strong | |
| Chamobates voigtsi (Oudemans 1902)a | 1624 | EU432189 | sexual | non-clavate | strong | |
| Eremaeozetidae | Eremaeozetessp. (Berlese 1913)a | 1639 | EU432187 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Galumnidae | Galumna lanceata (Oudemans 1900)a | 1625 | EU432197 | sexual | non-clavate | strong |
| Humerobatidae | Humerobates rostrolamellatus(Grandjean 1936)a | 1624 | EU432196 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Hydrozetidae | Hydrozetes lacustris (Michael 1882) | 1624 | EU433987 | thelytokous | non-clavate | intermediate |
| Oribatulidae | Phauloppia lucorum(Koch 1841)a | 1648 | EU432198 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Oribatula tibialis (Nicolet 1855) | 1651 | EU433990 | sexual | non-clavate | strong | |
| Phenopelopsidae | Eupelops acromios(Hermann 1804)a | 1624 | EU432192 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Eupelops plicatus (Koch 1835) | 1623 | EF091419 | sexual | non-clavate | strong | |
| Punctoribatidae | Mycobates parmeliae(Michael 1884)a | 1624 | EU432191 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| Symbioribatidae | Scheloribates ascendens | 1627 | EU432199 | sexual | clavate | strong |
| (Weigmann & Wunderle 1990)a | ||||||
| Tectocepheidae | Tectocepheus velatus (Michael 1880) | 1628 | EF093781 | thelytokous | clavate | intermediate |
| Tegoribatidae | Lepidozetes singularis(Berlese 1910)a | 1625 | EU432193 | sexual | clavate | strong |
aSpecies sequenced for this study.