Carabodidae C.L. Koch, 1837

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Family Carabodidae C.L. Koch, 1837

Carabodes C.L. Koch, 1835

· Carabodes affinis Berlese, 1913 *

· Original name: Carabodes affinis Berlese, 1913 .

· In: Redia , 9, 94.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Carabodes) affinis (Berlese) Subías, 2004 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Amongst moss and lichens in sandhills ( Halbert 1915, 1923); moss in canopy, moss on trunk and moss on soil in oak forests ( Arroyo et al. 2013c) moss in canopy in oak, ash and Sitka spruce forests; moss on soil in oak forests and soil in Scots pine ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b, 2013c); ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data). Counties: Dublin, Clare, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Roscommon, Sligo and Wicklow.

· Carabodes coriaceus C.L. Koch, 1835

· Original name: Carabodes coriaceus C.L. Koch, 1835 .

· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 3 (15).

· Historical combinations/variations:

· Tegeocranus coriaceus (C.L. Koch) Michael, 1880 ; Carabodes (Carabodes) coriaceus (C.L. Koch) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Carabodes papillosus Lucas, 1849 : Carabodes nepos Hull, 1914 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Mosso on soil in oak and Scots pine forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b). Counties: Laois.

· Carabodes femoralis (Nicolet, 1855)

· Original name: Tegeocranus femoralis Nicolet, 1855 .

· In: Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 7, 466.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Carabodes) femoralis (Nicolet) Subías, 2004 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell (1994). Counties: Kilkenny.

· Carabodes labyrinthicus (Michael, 1879) *

· Original name: Tegeocranus labyrinthicus Michael, 1879 .

· In: A contribution to the knowledge of the British Oribatidae . Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 2, 225–251.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Carabodes) labyrinthicus (Michael) Subías, 2004 ; Carabodes laberynthicus [sic] (Michael) Arroyo and Bolger, 2011.

· Synonyms: Carabodes marginepunctatus Trägårdh, 1902 ; Cepheus heimi Oudemans, 1903 ; Carabodes scymnus Hull, 1914 ; Carabodes vermiculatus Berlese, 1916 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss and under lichens on rock by the seashore ( Halbert 1907, 1915); soil in Sitka spruce forest ( Arroyo et al. 2009a), Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); raised bogs ( Wisdom et al. 2011); soil, moss in canopy and moss on soil in oak and Scots pine forests and canopy in Scots pine ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b).

Counties: Dublin, Clare, Galway, Laois, Mayo, Offaly and Tipperary.

· Carabodes marginatus (Michael, 1884) *

· Original name: Tegeocranus marginatus Michael, 1884 .

· In: British Oribatidae, Vols. I and II. Ray Soc., London. 656 pp.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Carabodes) marginatus (Michael) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Cepheus minutus Oudemans, 1896 ; Carabodes pontiger Berlese, 1913 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Amongst lichens on sandhills ( Halbert 1915); lichen ( Seyd 1992); Sphagnum (Bolger In press); raised bogs ( Wisdom et al. 2011); soil and moss from canopy in oak forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b).

Counties: Carlow, Kerry, Laois, Mayo and Offaly.

· Carabodes ornatus Štorkán, 1925

· Original name: Carabodes ornatus Štorkán, 1925 .

· In: Contributions to the knowledge on Czech oribatid mites (Acarina). Preliminary report. Spisy přírodovědecké fakukty UK Praha: 1–42.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Carabodes) ornatus (Štorkán) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Carabodes forsslundi Sellnick, 1953 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Machair fore dunes (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); raised bogs ( Wisdom et al. 2011); soil and moss on soil in oak forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b). Counties: Galway, Laois and Offaly.

· Carabodes reticulatus (Berlese, 1913)

· Original name: Carabodes coriaceus reticulatus Berlese, 1913 . · In: Redia , 9, 95.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Carabodes) reticulatus (Berlese) Subías, 2004 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994). Counties: Kilkenny.

· Carabodes minusculus Berlese, 1923

· Original name: Carabodes minusculus Berlese, 1923 .

· In: Centuria sesta di Acari nuovi. Redia , 15, 257.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Klapperiches) minusculus (Berlese) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Carabodes labyrinthicus sensu Berlese (unpublished data); no Michael, 1879; Carabodes tectocephoides Berlese (unpublished data); Carabodes castrii Mahunka, 1966 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland ( Valarasan 1971); bog and heather ( Longworth 1973); agricultural soil, on cliff, Spaghnum, moss and woodland (Bolger In press); fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994); moss on soil and canopy in oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2013c). Counties: Dublin, Co. Kerry, Kilkenny and Mayo.

· Carabodes schatzi Bernini, 1976

· Original name: Carabodes schatzi Bernini, 1976 .

· In: Notulae Oribatologicae XIV.Revisione di Carabodes minusculus Berlese 1923 (Acarida, Oribatei). Redia , 54,1–49.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Klapperiches) schatzi (Bernini) Subías, 2004 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Bog and heather ( Longworth 1973). Counties: Mayo.

· Carabodes willmanni Bernini, 1975 *

· Original name: Carabodes willmanni Bernini, 1975 .

· In: Notulae oribatologicae XII. Una nuova specie di Carabodes affine a C. minusculus Berlese 1923 (Acarida, Oribatei). Redia , 56, 455.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes (Klapperiches) willmanni (Bernini) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Carabodes paraspinosus Kulijev, 1968 “sp. inq.”

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Heather ( Longworth 1973; acid peat bog (Behan-Pelletier and Hill 1983); Machair fore and fixed (stable dunes) (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); moss on soil in oak, Sitka spruce and Scots pine forests, moss in canopy in oak and Sitka spruce forests and soil in oak, Sitka spruce and Scots pine forest ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); raised bogs, mountain blanket bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens ( Wisdom et al. 2011).

Counties: Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary and Wicklow.

Odontocepheus Berlese, 1913

· Odontocepheus elongatus (Michael, 1879) *

· Original name: Tegeocranus elongatus Michael, 1879 .

· In: Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 2, 250.

· Historical combinations/variations: Carabodes elongatus (Michael) Berlese, 1888 ; Odontocepheus (Odontocepheus) elongatus (Michael) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Hermannia oblonga Karpelles, 1893 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss ( Halbert 1915; Bolger In press); fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994); Machair fore dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); canopy and moss in canopy in Sitka spruce forest ( Arroyo et al. 2009a); moss in canopy in oak, ash and Scots pine forests, canopy in oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests, soil in Sitka spruce forests and moss on soil in oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); canopy, moss in canopy, moss on soil and moss on trunk in yew forest and moss in canopy, moss on soil and moss on trunk in oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2013c); canopy in Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data).

Counties: Donegal, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Sligo and Wicklow.