Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) recorded from Ireland: Catalogue, historical records, species habitats and geographical distribution, combinations, variations and synonyms Author Bolger, Thomas text Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-02 4328 1 1 174 journal article 31919 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1 0cc3c3dc-24d1-49ea-b168-b04dfb963b3e 1175-5326 1000543 9D99B902-A360-4333-84Bc-3078C4Abbd16 Family Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954 Scutovertex Michael, 1879 · Scutovertex minutus (C.L. Koch, 1836) * · Original name: Cepheus minutus C.L. Koch, 1836 . · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden , 3(12). · Historical combinations/variations: Ameronothrus minutus (C.L. Koch) Buitendijk, 1945 . · Synonyms: Eremaeus ovalis siculus Berlese, 1887 ; Scutovertex ovalis (Berlese) Oudemans, 1900 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Agricultural grassland ( Bolger 1980 ); dune at seashore (Purvis 1982). Counties: Wexford . · Scutovertex sculptus Michael, 1879 * · Original name: Scutovertex sculptus Michael, 1879 . · In: A contribution to the knowledge of the British Oribatidae . Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 2, 225–251. · Synonyms: (?) Cepheus ovalis C.L. Koch, 1841 “sp. inq.”; Eremaeus ovalis (C.L. Koch) Berlese, 1887 ; Scutovertex steineri Mihelčič, 1956 ; Scutovertex ( Neoscutovertex ) glaber Mihelčič, 1957 ; Scutovertex ( Neoscutovertex ) rugosus Mihelčič, 1957 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Old nests of gulls and puffins and under stones on sandhills ( Halbert 1915 ); bog ( Longworth 1973 ); Plantago sward (Bolger In press), pastures ( Arroyo et al. 2009a ); agricultural grassland and ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015 ). Counties: Galway, Limerick and Mayo .