Hypoaspis (Gaeolaelaps), Evans & Till, 1966

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 : 196-197

Subgenus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till, 1966

• Hypoaspis (Gaeolaelaps) aculeifer (Canestrini, 1883)

• Original name: Laelaps aculeifer Canestrini, 1883 .

• In: Atti del Reale Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, Series 6, 2: 698.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Laelaps (Iphis) aculeifer Canestrini ( Halbert, 1923) .

Irish Records: Under bark of decaying trees and under decaying wood ( Halbert, 1923); in decaying potatoes ( Halbert, 1923); pasture ( Curry, 1969a; Valarasan, 1971; Ganley, 1976; Bolger, 1980), manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); pasture on bog ( Longworth, 1973; Whelan, 1976); commercial grain stores ( Cusack, 1974; Cusack et al., 1975); soil in barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977); soil in sugar beet field ( McCafferty & Evans, 1977); dune, pasture, gorse bank and bracken bed at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015); Norway spruce woodland ( Heneghan, 1994; unpublished data); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994).

Counties: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Wexford.

• Hypoaspis (Gaeolaelaps) praesternalis Willmann, 1949

• Original name: Hypoaspis praesternalis Willmann, 1949 .

• In: Veroeffentlichungen aus dem Museum fuer Naturkunde Bremen, Reihe A, 1: 115.

Irish Records: Pasture (Bolger, 1980).

Counties: Wexford.

• Hypoaspis (Gaeolaelaps) nolli Karg, 1962

• Original name: Hypoaspis (Geolaelaps) nolli Karg, 1962 .

• In: Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 38: 62.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Ganley, 1976); Iris bog at seashore ( Purvis, 1982).

Counties: Dublin, Wexford.