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 Cepheidae Berlese, 1896 Cepheus C.L. Koch, 1835 · Cepheus latus C.L. Koch, 1835 * · Original name: Tegeocranus latus C.L. Koch, 1835 . · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden , Vol. 3 (11). Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Under bark of decayed fir trees ( Halbert 1915 ); fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell and Bolger 1997 ; unpublished data); soil from Norway spruce forest ( Heneghan 1994 ); Sitka spruce forests ( Arroyo et al . 2009b ) moss in canopy, moss on soil, canopy and soil in Sikta spruce forests, moss on soil in ash forests and moss in canopy in Scots pine forests ( Arroyo et al . 2012 , 2013b ); Machair foredunes (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); riparian habitat (unpublished data); agricultural grassland and ant nests ( Arroyo et al . 2015 ); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data). Counties: Clare , Cork , Galway , Kildare , Kilkenny , Laois , Limerick , Mayo , Roscommon , Sligo and Wicklow . Conoppia Berlese, 1908 · Conoppia palmicincta (Michael, 1880) * · Original name: Leiosoma palmicinctum Michael, 1880 . · In: Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society , 3, 36. · Historical combinations/variations: Lasiosoma palmicincta (Michael) Michael, 1884 ; Liacarus palmicinctus (Michael) Michael, 1898 , Phyllotegeus palmicinctum (Michael) Berlese, 1913 . · Synonyms: Oppia microptera Berlese, 1885 ; Oribata microptera Canestrini, 1896 , “nom. praeoc.” by Berlese, 1885; Notaspis microptera (Berlese) Michael, 1898 ; Conoppia microptera (Berlese) Berlese, 1908 ; Cepheus feideri Suciu and Panu, 1972 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Under stones ( Halbert 1923 ); moss trunk in yew forest and moss in canopy and moss on trunk in oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2013c ). Counties: Kerry . Ommatocepheus Berlese, 1913 · Ommatocepheus ocellatus (Michael, 1882) · Original name: Cepheus ocellatus Michael, 1882 . · In: Further Notes on British Oribatidae . Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society London , ser. 2, 2, 1–18. · Synonyms: Scutovertex pulcherrimus Berlese, 1913 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Machair foredunes (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); canopy in oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and moss in canopy in oak and Sitka spruce forests ( Arroyo et al . 2012 , 2013b ); canopy and moss on trunk in yew forest and canopy, moss in canopy and moss on trunk in oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2013c ). Counties: Cork, Galway, Kerry, Tipperary and Wicklow . Tritegeus Berlese, 1913 · Tritegeus bisulcatus Grandjean, 1953 * · Original name: Tritegeus bisulcatus Grandjean, 1953 . · In: Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2), 25 (2), 160. · Synonyms: Cepheus bifidatus Nicolet sensu Michael, 1884 ; Cepheus bifidus (Nicolet) sensu Halbert, 1915 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Moss in woodland ( Halbert 1915 ), moss on soil in Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and soil in Sitka spruce forests ( Arroyo et al . 2012 , 2013b ); moss on soil and trunk in oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2013c ). Counties: Cork, Kerry, Mayo and Sligo .