Abstract
The great phylogenetic age of oribatid mites may be responsible for a considerable number of characters being distributed in a mosaic pattern, especially in their older taxa. Therefore, simple combinations of characters are certainly not sufficient to create monophyletic groups within the Oribatida, groups which are urgently needed for ecological investigations. Most of the higher taxic categories, therefore, may be more or less artificial, and their phylogenetic status remains to be established.
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Woas, S. (1991). Distribution of characters and phylogenetic age — systematic problems in the higher taxa of the Oribatida. In: The Acari. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3102-5_26
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