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 Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch, 1955 Eupelops Ewing, 1917 · Eupelops acromios (Hermann, 1804) * · Original name: Notaspis acromios Hermann, 1804 . · In: Mémoire Aptérologique . Strassbourg. 154 pp, 91 · Historical combinations/variations: Pelops acromios (Hermann) C.L. Koch, 1840 ; Pelops acromias [sic] (Hermann) Halbert, 1915 ; Phenopelops acromios (Hermann) Kunst 1958 . · Synonyms: Acarus planicornis Schrank, 1803 ; Celaeno spinosa C.L. Koch, 1835 ; Pelops hirsutus C.L. Koch, 1844 ; Pelops phytophilus Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops kochi Jacot, 1929 ; Pelops planicornis (Schrank) Willmann, 1931 ; Eupelops planicornis (Schrank) Willmann, 1931 ; Phaenopelops phytophilus (Berlese) Sellnick, 1960 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Moss, rotten wood, pine trees and furze bushes ( Halbert 1915 ); apple orchard ( Momen 1987 ); fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994 ; O’Connell and Bolger 1997 ); canopy and moss in canopy in Sitka spruce forest ( Arroyo et al. 2009b ); canopy in oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests, soil in moss in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests; moss in canopy in Sitka spruce and Scots pine ( Arroyo et al. 2012 , 2013b ); mountain blanket bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens ( Wisdom et al. 2011 ); riparian habitat (unpublished data); canopy in oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data). Counties: Clare , Cork , Dublin , Galway , Kildare , Kilkenny , Laois , Mayo , Offaly , Sligo and Wicklow . · Eupelops major (Hull, 1914) · Original name: Pelops major Hull, 1914 . · In: British Oribatidae : notes on new and critical species. Naturalist , 1914, 249–250. · Synonyms: Pelops hirtus Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops perarmatus Hull, 1916 ; Pelops simplex Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops differens Mihelčič, 1953 ; Phenopelops hirtus (Berlese) Kunst 1958 ; Eupelops hirtus (Berlese) Moritz, 1975 ; Eupelops simplex (Berlese) Tarman 1983 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Sitka spruce forest ( Arroyo and Bolger 2008 ); Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); canopy in Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data). Counties: Galway, Laois and Wicklow . · Eupelops occultus (C.L. Koch, 1835) · Original name: Pelops occultus C.L. Koch, 1835 . · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 2(15). · Synonyms: Pelops parvus Mihelčič, 1953 ; Pelops brevicuspis Knülle, 1954 ; Eupelops nepotulus Sellnick 1960 [misidentification]. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture on peat ( Whelan 1976 ). Counties: Kildare . · Eupelops plicatus (C.L. Koch, 1835) * · Original name: Celaeno plicata C.L. Koch, 1835 . · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 3(18). · Historical combinations/variations: Pelops plicatus (C.L. Koch) Oudemans, 1900 ; Phenopelops plicatus (C.L. Koch) Sellnick, 1960 . · Synonyms: Pelops auritus C.L. Koch, 1839 ; Pelops fuligineus C.L. Koch, 1839 sensu Oudemans, 1896 [misidentification]; Pelops laevigatus Nicolet, 1855 ; Pelops fuliginosus (C.L. Koch) Halbert, 1915 ; Pelops siculus Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops affinis Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops approximatus Hull, 1916 ; Pelops aurita (C.L. Koch) Van der Drift, 1950 ; Pelops acromios diversipilus Mihelčič, 1957 ; Pelops diversus Mihelčič, 1957 ; Pelops fusiger Mihelčič, 1957 ; Eupelops auritus (C.L. Koch) Kunst 1957 ; Phenopelops auritus (C.L. Koch) Kunst, 1958 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Moss and debris from nests of sea birds ( Halbert 1915 ); agricultural grassland ( Valarasan 1971 ); bog, heather and permanent pasture on peat ( Longworth 1973 ); cutaway raised bog ( Whelan 1976 ); acid peat bog (Behan-Pelletier and Hill 1983 ); grass, soil on cliff, woodland and agricultural soil (Bolger In press), Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011), raised bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens ( Wisdom et al. 2011 ); moss in canopy in Sikta spruce forests and soil in Scots pine forests ( Arroyo et al. (2012 , 2013b ); moss on soil and moss in canopy in oak forest ( Arroyo et al . 2013c ). Counties: Donegal , Dublin , Kerry , Kildare , Mayo , Offaly and Sligo . Eupelops sulcatus (Oudemans, 1914) * · Original name: Pelops sulcatus Oudemans, 1914 . · In: Acarologisches aus Maulwurfsnestern. Archiv für Naturgeschichte , 10, 1–69. · Synonyms: Pelops curtipilus Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops depilatus Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops bilobus Sellnick, 1928 , Eupelops bilobus (Sellnick) Ghilarov and Krivolutsky, 1975 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Agricultural grassland (Curry 1969, 1969a, 1973, 1976; Valarasan 1971 ; O’ Neill 1981 ). Counties: Dublin, Kildare and Meath . · Eupelops tardus (C.L. Koch, 1835) * · Original name: Pelops tardus C.L. Koch, 1835 . · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden , 2(16). · Synonyms: Pelops nepotulus Berlese, 1916 ; Pelops pulchellus Berlese, 1916 ; Eupelops nepotulus (Berlese) Pérez-Ínigo, 1972. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Pasture, dune and Salix ditch at seashore (Purvis 1982); permanent pasture on peatland ( Whelan 1986 ); pastures and blanket bogs (rough grazing) ( Arroyo et al. 2009a ); Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); agricultural grassland ( Arroyo et al. 2015 ; unpublished data); ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015 ). Counties: Donegal , Dublin , Galway , Kildare , Limerick , Mayo , Meath , Monaghan , Offaly , Tipperary and Wexford . · Eupelops torulosus (C.L. Koch, 1839) · Original name: Pelops torulosus C.L. Koch, 1839 . · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 30 (13). · Synonyms: Pelops variolosus Nicolet, 1855 ; Pelops duplex Berlese, 1916 ; Phenopelops duplex (Berlese) Kunst, 1958 ; Eupelops duplex (Berlese) Tarman, 1973 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Salt marsh ( Healy 1975 ; Speight and Healy 1977 ); Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011). Counties: Dublin and Galway Peloptulus Berlese, 1908 · Peloptulus gibbus Mihelčič, 1957 · Original name: Peloptulus gibbus Mihelčič, 1957 . · In: Zoologische Anzeiger , 158. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); agricultural grassland and ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015 ). Counties: Donegal, Galway, Limerick and Mayo . · Peloptulus montanus Hull, 1914 · Original name: Peloptulus montanus Hull, 1914 · In: The Naturalist , 216 Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Heather and shelter belt on peat ( Longworth 1973 ; raised bogs and Atlantic blanket bogs ( Wisdom et al. 2011 ). Counties: Mayo, Offaly and Roscommon . · Peloptulus phaenotus (C.L. Koch, 1844) * · Original name: Pelops phaenotus C.L. Koch, 1844 . · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 39(23). · Historical combinations/variations: Peloptulus phaeonotus [sic] (C.L. Koch) Wisdom et al ., 2011 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s : Sphagnum ( Halbert 1915 ) ; cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture on peat ( Whelan 1976 ); pasture and dune at seashore (Purvis 1982); raised bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens ( Wisdom et al. 2011 ). Counties: Kildare, Mayo, Offaly and Wexford .