Cillibidae Trägårdh, 1944

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 : 11

Family Cillibidae Trägårdh, 1944

Cilliba von Heyden, 1826

• Cilliba cassidea (Hermann, 1804)

• Original name: Notaspis cassideus Hermann, 1804 .

• In: Mémoires aptérologique, 6: 93.

Irish Records: Moss ( Halbert, 1915); heather, pine shelter belt and pasture on bog ( Longworth, 1973; Whelan, 1976); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; Heneghan & Bolger, 1996a, b, unpublished data); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994; O’Connell & Bolger, 1997a); moss on soil under oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; soil under oak, Scots pine, Sitka spruce; moss on oak, ash and Scots pine; canopy of ash ( Arroyo et al., 2010, 2012, 2013a, b); machair grassland and associated fore dunes ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015); ash woodland (unpublished data); raised bog and Atlantic blanket bog ( Wisdom, 2010; Wisdom et al., 2011).

Counties: Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wicklow.