A catalogue of the species of Mesostigmata (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes) recorded from Ireland including information on their geographical distribution and habitats Author Bolger, Thomas Author Arroyo, Julio Author Piotrowska, Katarzyna text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-12 4519 1 1 220 journal article 27974 10.11646/zootaxa.4519.1.1 8220491b-5980-4abe-b775-9fe2dada790d 1175-5326 2609574 2F1A769C-2649-462B-87E8-402F6A4AF35E Family Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902 Minirhodacarellus Shcherbak, 1980 Minirhodacarellus minimus (Karg, 1961) • Original name : Rhodacarellus minimus Karg, 1961 . • In : Zoologischer Anzeiger , 166: 128. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Rhodacarus minimus (Karg) ( Purvis, 1982 ) . Irish Records : Dune at seashore ( Purvis, 1982 ). Counties: Wexford . Rhodacarellus Willmann, 1935 Rhodacarellus epigynialis Sheals, 1956 • Original name : Rhodacarellus epigynialis Sheals, 1956 . • In : Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine , 92: 102. Irish Records : Pasture ( Curry, 1969a ; Valarasan, 1971 ; Piotrowska, 2009 ); small mammal nests (unpublished data). Counties: Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Wexford . Rhodacarellus perspicuus Halaśkova, 1958 • Original name : Rhodacarellus epigynialis perspicuus Halaśkova, 1959 • In : Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae , 56: 98. Irish Records : Pasture ( Little & Bolger, 1995 , Piotrowska, 2009 ; unpublished data). Counties: Cork, Galway, Kildare . Rhodacarellus silesiacus Willmann, 1936 • Original name : Rhodacarellus silesiacus Willmann, 1936 . • In : Zoologischer Anzeiger , 113: 282. Irish Records : Pasture ( Curry, 1969a , 1970 , 1971 ; Valarasan, 1971 ; Ganley, 1976 ; Purvis, 1978 ; Curry et al ., 1980 ; Bolger, 1980; Bolger & Curry, 1980 ; Piotrowska, 2009 ); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976 , 1978 , 1985 ); soil in sugar beet crop ( McCafferty & Evans, 1977 ; Curry & Purvis, 1982 ); Iris bog at seashore ( Purvis, 1982 ); soil in barley crop ( Emmanuel et al ., 1985b ); winter wheat crop ( Kelly & Curry, 1985 ); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al ., 2015 ). Counties: Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Meath, Wexford . Rhodacarus Oudemans, 1902 Rhodacarus agrestis Karg, 1971 • Original name : Rhodacarus agrestis Karg, 1971 . • In : Die Tierwelt Deutschlands , 59: 322. Irish Records : Pasture ( Ganley, 1976 ). Counties: Dublin . Rhodacarus calcarulatus Berlese, 1920 • Original name : Rhodacarus calcarulatus Berlese, 1920 . • In : Redia , 14: 164. Irish Records : Pasture ( Ganley, 1976 ). Counties: Dublin . Rhodacarus clavulatus Athias-Henriot, 1961 • Original name : Rhodacarus clavulatus Athias-Henriot, 1961 . • In : Acarologia , 3: 502. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Rhodacarus ancorae Karg ( Purvis, 1982 ) . Irish Records : Dune, pasture, Iris bog, bracken bed, gorse bank and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982 ). Counties: Wexford . Rhodacarus coronatus Berlese, 1921 • Original name : Rhodacarus coronatus Berlese, 1921 . • In : Redia , 14: 165. Irish Records : Pasture ( Ganley, 1976 ). Counties: Dublin . Rhodacarus pallidus Hull, 1918 • Original name : Rhodocarus pallidus Hull, 1918 . • In : Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland , Durham and Newcastle -upon -Tyne , 5: 57. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Rhodacarus roseus var. pallidus Hull ( Halbert, 1920 ) . Irish Records : Seashore in the lichen zone ( Halbert, 1920 ); soil in saltmarsh ( Healy, 1975 ; Speight & Healy, 1977 ); soil in sugar beet crop ( Curry & Purvis, 1982 ); soil in barley crop ( Emmanuel, 1977 ; Emmanuel et al ., 1985b ); pasture ( Purvis & Curry, 1980 ). Counties: Dublin, Kildare . Rhodacarus roseus Oudemans, 1902 • Original name : Rhodacarus roseus Oudemans, 1902 . • In : Tijdschrift voor entomologie , 45: 50. Irish Records : In marshy area near lake ( Halbert, 1920 ); upper seashore ( Halbert, 1920 ); on decaying roots ( Halbert, 1920 ); pasture ( Curry, 1969a , 1971 ; Valarasan, 1971 ; Ganley, 1976 ; Purvis, 1978 ; Bolger, 1980; unpublished data); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976 , 1978 , 1985 ); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994 ); pasture, rough grazing, broadleaved and coniferous forest ( Arroyo et al ., 2009 ); Machair grassland ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2011 ); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al ., 2015 ); arable soil (Bolger, in press); soil under Leyland cypress, Monterey pine, Sitka spruce, Norway spruce and pasture (unpublished data); soil in ash and mixed broadleaved woodlands ( Little & Bolger, 1995; unpublished data ); soil under ash and Scots pine ( Arroyo et al ., 2012 , 2013a ); soil under birch, oak, lodgepole pine (unpublished data). Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow . Rhodacarus strenzkei Willmann, 1957 • Original name : Rhodacarus strenzkei Willmann, 1957 . • In : Abhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein zu Bremen , 35: 166. Irish Records : Dune, pasture, Iris bog, bracken bed and gorse bank at seashore ( Purvis, 1982 ). Counties: Wexford .