Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 1913

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 : 136-143

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Family Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 1913 View in CoL

Onchodellus Berlese, 1904

• Onchodellus alpinus (Willmann, 1953)

• Original name: Pachylaelaps alpinus Willmann, 1953 .

• In: Sitzungsberichten der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

• Mathematisch -Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, I, 162: 459.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Purvis, 1978).

Counties: Kildare

• Onchodellus jurassicus (Schweizer, 1961)

• Original name: Pachylaelaps jurassicus Schweizer, 1961 .

• In: Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 84: 106.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Purvis, 1978; upublished data); Fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994; unpublished data).

Counties: Kildare, Wicklow.

Pachydellus Mašán, 2007

• Pachydellus furcifer (Oudemans, 1902)

• Original name: Pachylaelaps furcifer Oudemans, 1902 .

• In: Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 45: 52.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Pachylaelaps furcifer Oudemans ( Valarasan, 1971; Whel- an, 1976). Irish Records: Pasture ( Valarasan, 1971); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976). Counties: Dublin, Kildare.

Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888

• Pachylaelaps bellicosus Berlese, 1920

• Original name: Pachylaelaps bellicosus Berlese, 1920 .

• In: Redia , 14: 180.

Irish Records: Fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994).

Counties: Not specified.

• Pachylaelaps ensifer Oudemans, 1902 • Original name: Pachylaelaps ensifer Oudemans, 1902 . • In: Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 45: 52. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Pachylaelaps pectinifer var magnus Halbert ( Halbert,

1915; Hull, 1918), Pachylaelaps magnus Halbert ( Heneghan, 1994) .

Irish Records: In moss ( Halbert, 1915); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994).

Counties: Kilkenny, Mayo.

• Pachylaelaps littoralis Halbert, 1915 View in CoL

• Original name: Pachylaelaps littoralis Halbert, 1915 View in CoL .

• In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31: 64.

Irish Records: Under stones on gravel and sandy mud on seashore ( Halbert, 1915, 1920).

Counties: Galway, Mayo.

• Pachylaelaps longisetis Halbert, 1915 View in CoL

• Original name: Pachylaelaps longisetis Halbert, 1915 View in CoL .

• In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31: 65.

Irish Records: Decaying tree trunk ( Halbert, 1915); bracken bed, gorse bank and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); rough grazing and broadleaved forest soils ( Arroyo et al., 2009; unpublished data); Machair grassland and associated fore dunes ( Arroyo et al., 2011); spruce woodland (unpublished data); soil under oak, Sitka spruce and Scots pine, moss on soil surface under oak ( Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a).

Counties: Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Mayo, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow.

• Pachylaelaps pectinifer (G. Canestrini, 1881) • Original name: Gamasus pectinifer G. Canestrini, 1881 . • In: Atti del Reale Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, Series 5, 7: 513. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Pachylaelaps sellnicki Hirschmann & Krauss ( Heneghan,

1994).

Irish Records: Soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994).

Counties: Kilkenny.

Pachylaelaps resinae Karg, 1971

Original name: Pachylaelaps (Pachylaelaps) resinae Karg, 1971 .

In: Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 148.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Ganley, 1976; Curry & Ganley, 1977).

Counties: Dublin.

• Pachylaelaps undulatus Evans & Hyatt, 1956 View in CoL

• Original name: Pachylaelaps undulatus Evans & Hyatt, 1956 View in CoL .

• In: Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 92: 127.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Valarasan, 1971).

Counties: Dublin.

Pachyseius Berlese, 1910

• Pachyseius angustiventris Willmann, 1935

• Original name: Pachyseius angustiventris Willmann, 1935 .

• In: Bulletin du Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 11: 20.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Curry, 1969a; Valarasan, 1971).

Counties: Dublin, Kildare.

• Pachyseius humeralis Berlese, 1910

• Original name: Pachyseius humeralis Berlese, 1910 .

• In: Redia , 6: 255.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Curry, 1969a); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994); soil in birch, mixed conifer and mixed broadleaved woodland (unpublished data); cliff (Bolger, in press).

Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Mayo, Wexford.

Pseudolaelaps Berlese, 1906

• Pseudolaelaps schweizeri Mašán, 2017

• Original name: Pseudolaelaps schweizeri Mašán, 2017 .

• In: Journal of Natural History, 51: 1187.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Pseudolaelaps doderoi Solari ( Arroyo et al., 2015) .

Irish Records: Nest of Lasius flavus ( Arroyo et al., 2015) .

Counties: Limerick.

References

Arroyo, J., Keith, A. M., Schmidt, O. & Bolger, T. (2009) Mite abundance and richness in an Irish survey of soil biodiversity with comments on some newly recorded species. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 33, 19 - 27.

Arroyo, J. & Bolger, T. (2011) The mite (Arachnida: Acari) fauna inhabiting Irish machair: a European Union priority coastal habitat. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 15, 181 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11852 - 010 - 0132 - 1

Arroyo, J., Kenny J. & Bolger, T. (2012) A survey of the Oribatida and Mesostigmata (Acarina) of Irish forests. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 36, 33 - 59.

Arroyo, J., Kenny, J. & Bolger, T. (2013 a) Variation between mite communities in Irish forest types - importance of bark and moss cover in canopy. Pedobiologia, 56, 241 - 250. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pedobi. 2013.09.003

Arroyo, J., O'Grady, A., Vance, H. & Bolger, T. (2015) The mite (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) assemblages associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nests and surrounding soil in an Irish pasture. Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 115, 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.3318 / bioe. 2015.03

Berlese, A. (1906) Monografia del genere Gamasus Latr. Redia, 3, 66 - 304.

Curry, J. P. (1969 a) The qualitative and quantitative composition of the fauna of an old pasture site at Celbridge, Co. Kildare. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1, 219 - 227. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / 0038 - 0717 (69) 90022 - 4

Curry, J. P. & Ganley, J. (1977) The arthropods associated with the roots of some common grass and weed species of pasture. Ecology Bulletin, Stockholm, 25, 330 - 339.

Evans, G. O. & Hyatt, K. H. (1956) British mites of the genus Pachylaelaps. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, 92, 118 - 129.

Ganley, J. (1976) A study of the arthropod fauna associated with the roots of some common grass and weed species of pasture. M. Agr. Sci. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 72 pp.

Halbert, J. N. (1915) Clare Island survey. 39. Acaridina ii. Terrestrial and marine Acarina. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31 (39), 45 - 136.

Halbert, J. N. (1920) The Acarina of the seashore. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 35, 101 - 152.

Heneghan, L. (1994) Studies of soil microarthropod communities, experimentally manipulated by chronic low - level nutrient input, and their impact on some ecological processes. Ph. D. Thesis, University College Dublin, Dublin, 312 pp.

Hull, J. E. (1918) Terrestrial Acari of the Tyne province. Transactions of the Natural History Society Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle, 5, 13 - 88

O'Connell, T. (1994) The microarthropod fauna associated with fungal fruiting bodies in woodland - a study of the role of habitat spatial and temporal diversity in determining assemblage structure. Ph. D. Thesis, University College Dublin, Dublin, 259 pp.

Purvis, G. (1978) Studies on the effects of management on the arthropod communities of pasture. Ph. D. thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 253 pp.

Purvis, G. (1982) The soil arthropod fauna (Acari and Collembola) of a coastal locality in Southeast Ireland. Journal of Life Sciences Royal Dublin Society, 3, 379 - 396.

Valarasan, V. (1971) Ecology of soil arthropods in Irish pasture. Ph. D. Thesis University of Dublin, Dublin, 248 pp.

Whelan, J. (1976) A comparative study of the acarine fauna of permanent pasture and of the new leys on cutaway raised bog at Lullymore, Co. Kildare. Ph. D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 223 pp.