Leptogamasus Trägårdh, 1936

Bolger, Thomas, Arroyo, Julio & Piotrowska, Katarzyna, 2018, A catalogue of the species of Mesostigmata (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes) recorded from Ireland including information on their geographical distribution and habitats, Zootaxa 4519 (1), pp. 1-220 : 51-52

Subgenus Leptogamasus Trägårdh, 1936

• Leptogamasus (Leptogamasus) obesus (Holzmann, 1969)

• Original name: Pergamasus obesus Holzmann, 1969 .

• In: Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde, 13: 41.

Irish Records: Organic horizon and moss on soil under Sitka spruce ( Arroyo et al., 2008, 2012, 2013a).

Counties: Laois, Wicklow.

• Leptogamasus (Leptogamasus) parvulus (Berlese, 1903) • Original name: Gamasus (Pergamasus) parvulus Berlese, 1903 . • In: Redia , 1: 237. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Pergamasus parvulus Berlese also var. dilatatellus Berlese

( Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918).

Irish Records: Rotten wood ( Halbert, 1915).

Counties: Dublin, Wicklow.

• Leptogamasus (Leptogamasus) suecicus Trägårdh, 1936

• Original name: Leptogamasus suecicus Trägårdh, 1936 .

• In: Entomologisk Tidskrift, 57: 227.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Pergamasus suecicus (Trägårdh) ( Breslin, 1979; Cur-

ry, 1969a, 1970; Emmanuel, 1977,; Ganley, 1976; Heneghan, 1994; Little & Bolger, 1995; McCarthy, 2004;

O’Connell, 1994; Purvis & Curry, 1980), Pergamasus (Paragamasus) suecicus (Trägårdh) ( Whelan, 1976) ,

Paragamasus suecicus (Trägårdh) (Bolger, 1980) .

Irish Records: Pasture ( Curry, 1969a, 1970; Ganley, 1976; Purvis & Curry, 1980, Bolger, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976); soil of sugar beet crop ( Breslin, 1979); soil under deciduous trees (unpublished data); soil in barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; McCarthy, 2004); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015); soil under ash ( Little & Bolger, 1995); soil under, Western hemlock, Lawson cypress and Sitka spruce (unpublished data).

Counties: Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick Wexford.