Damaeidae Berlese, 1896

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 : 58-63

Family Damaeidae Berlese, 1896

Belba von Heyden, 1826

· Belba corynopus (Hermann, 1804)

· Original name: Notaspis corynopus Hermann, 1804 .

· In: Mémoire Aptérologique. Strassbourg. 154 pp, 89.

· Historical combinations/variations: Belba (Belba) corynopus (Hermann) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Damaeus sufflexus Michael, 1885 ; Belba bulbipes Karpelles, 1893 ; Belba sufflexus (Michael) Berlese, 1894 ; Oribata sufflexus (Michael) Sellnick, 1928 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Soil and moss on soil in oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b). Counties: Laois.

Damaeus (Adamaeus) Norton, 1977

· Damaeus (Adamaeus) onustus C.L. Koch, 1844 * · Original name: Damaeus onustus C. L. Koch, 1844 .

· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 38 (7).

· Synonyms: Oribata geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Damaeus geniculatus Michael, 1888 sensu Halbert 1915 ; Belba geniculosa Oudemans, 1929 ; Belba helvetica Schweizer, 1956 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss ( Halbert 1907, 1915); agricultural grassland ( Valarasan 1971). Counties: Dublin.

Damaeus (Paradamaeus) Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957

· Damaeus (Paradamaeus) clavipes (Hermann, 1804) *

· Original name: Notaspis clavipes Hermann, 1804 .

· In: Mémoire Aptérologique, Strassbourg. 154 pp, 88.

· Historical combinations/variations: Damaeus clavipes (Hermann) Michael, 1888 ; Oribata clavipes (Hermann) Oudemans, 1900 ; Belba clavipes (Hermann) Willmann, 1931 ; Paradamaeus clavipes (Hermann) O’ Connell, 1994.

· Synonyms: Oppia glaucina C.L. Koch, 1836 ; Damaeus nodipes C.L. Koch, 1839 ; Acarus geniculatus Johnston, 1849 ; Damaeus auritus, Nicolet, 1855 ; Belba geniculata (Johnston) Oudemans, 1890 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss ( Halbert 1907, 1915); agricultural grassland ( Curry 1973) dune and bracken bed at seashore (Purvis 1982); apple orchard ( Momen 1987); fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994; O’Connell and Bolger 1997); soil from Norway spruce forest ( Heneghan 1994; Heneghan and Bolger 1996); heather, soil on cliff and woodland (Bolger In press); moss on soil ( Arroyo and Bolger 2007); moss in canopy in Sitka spruce forest ( Arroyo et al. 2009b); moss on trunk in yew forest and moss on trunk and moss on soil in oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2013c); canopy moss in oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests, moss on soil in oak, Scots pine, Sitka spruce and ash forests and canopy in Sitka spruce forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); riparian habitat (unpublished data); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data).

Counties: Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wexford and Wicklow.

Dameobelba Sellnick, 1928

· Dameobelba minutissima (Sellnick, 1929)

· Original name: Oribata (?) minutissimus Sellnick, 1929 .

· In: Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg, 61–62.

· Historical combinations/variations: Oribata (Dameobelba) minutissimus, Sellnick, 1928 ; Belba (Dameobelba) minutissima (Sellnick) Willmann, 1931 ; Belba minutissima (Sellnick) Van der Drift, 1950 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Soil under heather ( Longworth 1973); soil moss in oak forests ( Arroyo et al. 2009b, 2012, 2013b).

Counties: Mayo and Wicklow.

Metabelba Grandjean, 1936

· Metabelba papillipes (Nicolet, 1855) * · Original name: Damaeus papillipes 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: Metabelba (Metabelba) papillipes (Nicolet) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Belba globipes Canestrini and Berlese, 1884 ; Belba michaeli Oudemans, 1900 ; Damaeus michaeli (Oudemans) Hull, 1915 ; Metabelba cremersi van der Hammen, 1952 ; Belba obscura Mihelčič, 1956 ; Damaeus vertilicipes [sic] sensu Halbert [misidentification].

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss in woodland ( Halbert 1915), under fir bark ( Halbert 1920 and Halbert notes); agricultural grassland (Curry 1969).

Counties: Dublin, Kildare and Mayo.

· Metabelba pulverulenta (C.L. Koch, 1839)

· Original name: Nothrus pulverulenta C.L. Koch, 1839 .

· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 29.

· Historical combinations/variations: Damaeus pulverulentus (C.L. Koch) Michael, 1898 ; Oribata pulverulentus (C.L. Koch) Sellnick, 1928 ; Belba pulverulenta (C.L. Koch) Willmann, 1931 ; Metabelba (Metabelba) pulverulenta (C.L. Koch) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Nothrus pollinosus C.L. Koch, 1839 ; Damaeus verticillipes sensu Michael, 1888 ; Metabelba pulverosa Strenzke, 1953 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994). Counties: Kilkenny.

· Metabelba pseudopapillipes (Bulanova‒Zachvatkina, 1967)

· Original name: Neobelba pseudopapillipes Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967 .

· In: Pancirnyje kleschtschi-Oribatidy. Vysshaya Shkola, Moscow, 254 pp. [in Russian].

· Historical combinations/variations: Metabelba (Neobelba) pseudopapillipe s (Bulanova-Zachvatkina) Subías, 2004.

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps (unpublished data). Counties: Wicklow.

Porobelba Grandjean, 1936

· Porobelba spinosa (Sellnick, 1920)

· Original name: Oribata spinosa Sellnick, 1920 .

· In: Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg, 61–62.

· Historical combinations/variations: Belba spinosa (Sellnick) Willmann, 1931 ; Porobelba spinosus (Sellnick) Grandjean, 1936

· Synonyms: Damaeus verticillipes sensu Michael 1855 , no D. verticillipes Nicolet, 1855 (!); Belba parvula

Mihelčič, 1955; Belba parvula Mihelčič, 1956 , “nom. praeoc.” by Mihelčič, 1955.

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Machair foredunes, Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); moss on soil in oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and moss in canopy in oak and Sitka spruce forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); agricultural grassland and ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015); canopy in ash forests (unpublished data).

Counties: Clare, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Wicklow.