Oribatulidae Thor, 1929

Bolger, Thomas, 2017, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) recorded from Ireland: Catalogue, historical records, species habitats and geographical distribution, combinations, variations and synonyms, Zootaxa 4328 (1), pp. 1-174 : 136-139

Family Oribatulidae Thor, 1929

Oribatula Berlese, 1895

· Oribatula tibialis (Nicolet, 1855) *

· Original name: Notaspis tibialis Nicolet, 1855 .

· In: Histoire naturelle des Acariens qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 7, 381–482.

· Historical combinations/variations: Oribatula (Oribatula) tibialis (Nicolet) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Oribata crassipes L. Koch, 1879 ; Oribatula pallida Banks, 1906 ; Oribatula venusta Berlese, 1908 ; Liacarus minutus Ewing, 1909 ; Oribatula affinis Hull, 1914 ; Notaspis venustus (Berlese) Halbert, 1915 ; Oribatula tibialis sardoa Berlese, 1916 ; Oribatula amblyptera Berlese, 1916 ; Oribatula coggii Jacot, 1929 ; Zygoribatula exilis sensu Buitendijk, 1945 no Nicolet, 1855 [misidentification]; Zygoribatula venustus sensu Buitendijk, 1945 ; non Berlese, 1908 [misidentification]; Oribatula alpina Schweizer, 1956 ; Oribatula tibialis azerbeidjanica Kulijev, 1962 ; Zygoribatula incurva Mihelčič, 1969 ; Oribatula unica Golosova and Karppinen, 1985 ; Oribatula beccus Djaparidze, 1990 ; Oribatula torrijosi Subías et al., 1991 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Sandhills and under stones in the sea shore, under stones resting on sand and decayed seaweed, under hard limestone flakes and amongst lichens and moss (Halbert 1915, 1920; Evans et al. 1961); hedgerow around a barley field (Emmanuel 1977; Emmanuel et al. 1985a); (1985) Salix litter on cutaway bog (unpublished data); fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994); Machair fixed (stable) dunes, Machair fore dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); raised bogs, mountain blanket bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens (Wisdom et al., 2011); moss on soil in oak and Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); moss in canopy of yew forest (Arroyo et al. 2013c); ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015); agricultural grassland (Arroyo et al. 2015; unpublished data).

Counties: Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon and Sligo.

Zygoribatula Berlese, 1916

· Zygoribatula connexa Berlese, 1904

· Original name: Oribatula connexa Berlese, 1904 .

· In: Redia , 1, 273.

· Historical combinations/variations: Oribatula (Zygoribatula) connexa (Berlese) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Notaspis bisignata Coggi, 1898 “sp. inq.”; Zygoribatula cognata (Oudemans) sensu Sellnick, 1928 [misidentification]; Zygoribatula terricola van der Hammen, 1952 ; Zygoribatula trichosa Mihelčič, 1956 ; Zygoribatula striatissima Hammer, 1962 ; Zygoribatula magna Ramsay, 1966 ; Zygoribatula concinna Iordansky, 1990 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Grassland beside apple orchard (Arroyo et al. 2014; unpublished data). Counties: Dublin.

· Zygoribatula exilis (Nicolet, 1855) *

· Original name: Nostaspis exilis Nicolet, 1855 .

· In: Histoire naturelle des Acariens qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 7, 381–482.

· Historical combinations/variations: Oppia exilis (Nicolet) Berlese, 1895 ; Oribatula exilis (Nicolet) Andre, 1925 ; Oribatula ( Zygoribatula exilis ) (Nicolet) Subías, 2004.

· Synonyms: Dameosoma jugorum Hull, 1914 ; Oribatula (Zygoribatula) lineola Berlese, 1916 ; Zygoribatula zicsii Bayoumi, 1979 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss (Halbert 1907, 1915); dune at seashore (Purvis 1982), fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994); moss in canopy in Sitka spruce forest (Arroyo et al. 2009c); Machair fixed (stable) dunes, Machair fore dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); moss in canopy, moss on soil and soil in oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and canopy in ash and oak forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); moss in canopy and moss on trunk in yew and oak forest and moss on soil in oak forest (Arroyo et al. 2013c); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data). Counties: Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow.

Phauloppia Berlese, 1908

· Phauloppia lucorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)

· Original name: Zetes lucorum C.L. Koch, 1841 .

· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 31(18).

· Historical combinations/variations: Lucoppia lucorum (C.L. Koch) Jeleva, 1966 ; Nostaspis lucorum (C.L. Koch) Michael, 1888 .

· Synonyms: (?) Acarus geniculatus Linnaeus, 1758 “sp. inq.”; (?) Acarus corticalis De Geer, 1778 “sp. inq.”; (?) Acarus musci Schrank, 1781 “sp. inq.”; Oppia conformis Berlese, 1895 ; Oppia berlesei Leonardi, 1896 ; Eremaeus schneideri Oudemans, 1900 ; Eremaeus conjunctus Oudemans, 1902 ; Liacarus modestus Banks, 1904 ; Eremaeus modestus Banks, 1910 ; Lohmannia spinosa Hall, 1911 ; Paraliodes incurvata Hall, 1911 ; Lucoppia (Phauloppia) asperula Berlese, 1916 ; Phauloppia conformis (Berlese) Sellnick, 1928 ; Oribata geniculatus (Linnaeus) Willmann, 1931 ; Phauloppia longiporosa Kulijev, 1968 ; Eporibatula longiporosa Pérez-Íñigo, 1976 ; Phauloppia longiporosa Mahunka, 1982 , “nom. praeoc.” by Kulijev, 1968; Phauloppia saakadzei Djaparidze, 1985 ; Phauloppia ohat Mahunka, 1997 ; Phauloppia dzaparidzei Mahunka, 1997 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: On drift wood on shore and in moss (Halbert 1907, 1915); lichen (MacNeill 1966); apple orchards (MacQuillan 1966; Momen 1987); agricultural grassland (Curry 1973; Arroyo et al. 2009a); fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994); moss on soil in Sitka spruce forest (Arroyo and Bolger 2007); moss in canopy and canopy in Sitka spruce forest (Arroyo et al. 2009b); Machair fixed (stable), Machair fore dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); soil, moss in canopy, moss on soil and canopy in oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); canopy, moss in canopy, moss on soil and moss on trunk in yew forest and moss in canopy, canopy and moss on soil in oak forest (Arroyo et al. 2013c); riparian habitat (unpublished data); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data).

Counties: Armagh, Clare, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary and Wicklow.

· Phauloppia rauschenensis (Sellnick, 1908) *

· Original name: Eremaeus rauschenensis Sellnick, 1908 .

· In: Formenkreis Hornmilben, Oribatei. In: P. Brohmer, Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas, 3(9), 1–42. · Historical combinations/variations: Eporibatula rauschenensis (Sellnick) Sellnick, 1928 . · Synonyms: Oribatula lucida Sellnick, 1921 ; Eporibatula gessneri Willmann, 1932 ; Phauloppia saxicola

Travé, 1961; Phauloppia paspalevi Csiszár, 1962 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Nests of Kittiwake ( Turk and Turk 1952); canopy and soil moss in Scots

pine forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b).

Counties: Dublin, Sligo and Wicklow.