Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961

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 : 143-147

Family Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961

Ameroseius Berlese, 1904

• Ameroseius corbiculus (Sowerby, 1806)

• Original name: Acarus corbiculus Sowerby, 1806 .

• In: British Miscellany, or Coloured Figures of New, Rare or Little Known Animal

• Subjects, many not before Ascertained to be Natives of the British Isles. London, Tab. 66/14.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Seiulus hirsutus (Koch) ( Halbert, 1915) , Ameroseius echinatus (Koch) ( Ganley, 1976; Whelan, 1976; Curry, 1976a, b, 1979; Emmanuel, 1977; Purvis, 1978, 1982; Curry & O’Neill, 1979; Tuohy, 1979; Bolger, 1980; O’Neill, 1981; Momen, 1986, 1987; Skorupski & Luxton, 1998), Ameroseius hirsutus (Koch) ( Hull, 1918) .

Irish Records: Pasture ( Curry, 1976a, b; Ganley, 1976; Purvis, 1978; Curry & O’Neill, 1979; Tuohy, 1979; Bolger, 1980; O’Neill, 1981); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); heather and shelter bed on bog ( Longworth, 1973); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976); hedgerow around barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977); gorse bank at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); bark of unsprayed apple trees ( Momen, 1986, 1987); bedding of Oryctolagus cuniculus (unpublished data).

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

Kleemannia Oudemans, 1930

• Kleemannia delicata (Berlese, 1918)

• Original name: Ameroseius delicatus Berlese, 1918 .

• In: In: Redia , 13: 144

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Lasioseius (Lasioseius) gracilis ( Halbert) (Halbert, 1923) . Irih Records: On sprouting potatoes ( Halbert, 1923). Counties: Dublin.

• Kleemannia pavida (Koch, 1839) • Original name: Zercon pavidus Koch, 1839 • In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc. 23 (15). • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Zercoseius macaulayi Hughes (O’Farrell & Butler, 1948) , Kleemannia plumosus (Oudemans) ( Cusack et al., 1975; Hughes, 1976; Tuohy, 1979).

Irish Records: Stored foodstuffs ( O’Farrell & Butler, 1948); farm and commercial grain stores ( Cusack,

1974; Cusack et al., 1975); pasture ( Tuohy, 1979).

Counties: Antrim, Down, Meath, Tyrone.

• Kleemannia plumigera Oudemans, 1930 • Original name: Kleemania plumigerus Oudemans, 1930 . • In: Entomologische Berichten, 8 (175): 140. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Zercoseius gracei Hughes (O’Farrell & Butler, 1948) , Ameroseius plumigerus Oudemans ( Longworth, 1973) .

Irish Records: Stored foodstuffs ( O’Farrell & Butler, 1948); farm and commericial grain stores ( Cusack,

1974; Cusack et al., 1975); pasture on reclaimed bog ( Longworth, 1973).

Counties: Antrim, Derry, Mayo, Tyrone.

Epicriopsis Berlese, 1916

• Epicriopsis horridus (Kramer, 1876)

• Original name: Gamasus horridus Kramer, 1876 .

• In: Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 42: 74.

Irish Records: Moss (Halbert unpublished notes); pasture ( Curry, 1969a, 1973, 1976a; Valarasan, 1971; Cunningham, 1975; Ganley, 1976; Curry & Ganley, 1977; Curry & Cunningham, 1978; Curry & O’Neill, 1979; Tuohy, 1979; Bolger, 1980; O’Neill, 1981; Arroyo et al., 2009); hedgerow around barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977); Iris bog and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); pasture on reclaimed bog ( Longworth, 1973; Whelan, 1976); heather and pine shelter belt on bog ( Longorth 1973); Fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994; unpublished data); soil under Norway spruce ( McCarthy, 2004); moss on oak ( Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a); small mammal nest (unpublished data); soil under Monterey pine and pasture (unpublished data). Counties: Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Meath, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow.

• Epicriopsis mirabilis Willmann, 1956

• Original name: Epicriopsis mirabilis Willmann, 1956 .

• In: Československá Parasitologie, 3: 218.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Epicriopsis rivus Karg ( O’Connell, 1994)

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

Counties: Not specified.