Parasitidae Oudemans 1901
- Dataset
- A catalogue of the species of Mesostigmata (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes) recorded from Ireland including information on their geographical distribution and habitats
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Mesostigmata
- family
- Parasitidae
description
Irish Records: Pasture (Purvis, 1978; Bolger, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009); pasture on peat (Whelan, 1976); soil in winter wheat field (unpublished data). Counties: Carlow, Galway, Kildare, Meath, Wexford. • Amblygamasus mirabilis Willmann, 1951 • Original name: Amblygamasus mirabilis Willmann, 1951. • In: Sitzungsberichte der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Abt., 160: 99. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Pergamasus mirabilis Willmann (Curry, 1969 a; Purvis, 1978; Breslin, 1979; Bolger, 1980; Purvis & Curry, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009). Irish Records: Pasture (Curry, 1969 a; Purvis, 1978; Purvis & Curry, 1980; Bolger, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009); soil of sugar beet crop (Breslin, 1979); gorse bank and Salix ditch at seashore (Purvis, 1982). Counties: Carlow, Cork, Kildare, Meath, Wexford. Cornigamasus Evans & Till, 197 • Cornigamasus lunaris (Berlese, 1882) • Original name: Gamasus coleoptratorum var. lunaris Berlese, 1882 • In: Archives Italiennes de Biologie, 2: 125. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Gamasus (Gamasus) lunaris Berlese (Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918); Parasitus lunaris (Berlese) (Purvis, 1978; Curry, 1979; O’Neill, 1981). Irish Records: Amongst decaying seaweed on seashore (Halbert, 1915, 1920); in vinegar (Halbert unpublished notes); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); pasture (Purvis, 1978; O’Neill, 1981); in hazel humus and under ivy (Hyatt, 1980); leaf litter (Hyatt, 1990 a). Counties: Antrim, Clare, Dublin, Kildare, Mayo, Meath. Eugamasus Berlese, 1892 • Eugamasus berlesei Willmann, 1935 • Original name: Eugamasus magnus forma berlesei Willmann, 1935. • In: Mémoires du Musée royal d’histoire naturelle de Belgique, 11: 6. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Parasitus berlesei (Willmann) (Emmanuel, 1977; Kelly & Curry, 1985). Irish Records: Plants and soil in barley crop (Emmanuel, 1977); winter wheat crop (Kelly & Curry, 1985); liverwort on cave floor, mossy larch litter, turf in limestone pavement, beech / oak litter in roadside ditch (Hyatt, 1980). Counties: Clare, Kerry, Kildare, Limerick, Westmeath. • Eugamasus cavernicolus Trägårdh, 1912 • Original name: Eugamasus magnus var. cavernicola Trägårdh, 1912. • In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 8: 524. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Eugamasus tragardhi (Trägårdh) Oudemans (Turk, 1972). Irish Records: On mud in the dark zone of a cave (Turk, 1972; Hazelton, 1974 a, b, c). Counties: Cork.
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O’Neill, 1981); dune and gorse bank at seashore (Purvis, 1982). Counties: Antrim, Dublin, Kildare, Mayo, Meath, Wexford. • Gamasodes fimbriatus Karg, 1971 • Original name: Gamasodes fimbriatus Karg, 1971. • In: Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 414. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Gamasoides spinipes (Koch) (Halbert, 1915, in part). Irish Records: Under stones and rotting seaweed on seashore (Halbert, 1915, 1920; Hyatt, 1980). Counties: Clare, Cork, Mayo. • Gamasodes spiniger (Trägårdh, 1910) • Original name: Eugamasus spiniger Trägårdh, 1910. • In: Naturwissenschaften Untersuchungen Sarekgeberg, 4: 410. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Gamasoides spinipes (Koch) (Halbert, 1915, in part), Gamasus hortivagus Berlese (Hull, 1918). Irish Records: Old nests of puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Black-backed gulls (Larus marinus) (Halbert, 1915); in fungi (Halbert, 1915); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); pasture (Purvis, 1978; Bolger, 1980; O’Neill, 1981). Counties: Galway, Kildare, Mayo, Meath. Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 • Holoparasitus absoloni (Willmann, 1940) • Original name: Ologamasus absoloni Willmann, 1940. • In: Zoologischer Anzeiger, 130: 212. Irish Records: Pine shelter bed and pasture on bog (Longworth, 1973). Counties: Mayo. • Holoparasitus caesus Micherdziński, 1969 • Original name: Holoparasitus caesus Micherdziński, 1969. • In: Die familie Parasitidae Oudemans 1 90 1 (Acarina, Mesostigmata). Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Kraków: 357. Irish Records: Fungal sporocarp (O’Connell, 1994). Counties: Not specified. • Holoparasitus calcaratus (Koch, 1839) • Original name: Gamasus calcaratus Koch, 1839. • In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835 – 1844. Regensburg, fasc. 26 (6). Irish Records: Dune at seashore (Purvis, 1982). Counties: Wexford.
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• In: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 52: 155. Irish Records: Litter near a weir (Hyatt, 1987); fungal sporocarp (O’Connell, 1994); small mammal nests (unpublished data). Counties: Clare, Kilkenny. • Holoparasitus stramenti Karg, 1971 • Original name: Holoparasitus stramenti Karg, 1971. • In: Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 59: 356. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Gamasus (Ologamasus) calcaratus Koch var excisus (Hal- bert, 1915); Gamasus (Ologamasus) pollicipatus Berlese (Halbert, 1915), Holoparasitus pollicipatus (Berlese) (Valarasan, 1971). Irish Records: Commonly in moss and on the seashore (Halbert, 1915); pasture (Valarasan, 1971); pasture on peat (Whelan, 1976); in litter, humus, and soil, in moss by stream and flood debris (Hyatt, 1980, unpublished data); dune, Iris bog and Salix ditch at seashore (Purvis, 1982); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture (Arroyo et al., 2015); fungal sporocarp (O’Connell, 1994); Machair grassland and associated fore dunes (Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); small mammal nests (unpublished data); moss on soil under oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; soil under oak, ash; moss on oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; canopy of oak and Sitka spruce (Arroyo et al., 2010, 2012, 2013 a, b); riverbank (unpublished data). Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Wexford, Wicklow Galway, Mayo, Clare, Leitrim. Leptogamasus Trägårdh, 1936
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• In: Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 35: 363. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Gamasus (Eugamasus) crassitarsis Halbert (Halbert, 1923). Irish Records: Under sunken stone at high water mark in river (Halbert, 1923); soil (Halbert slide, c. f. Hyatt, 1980); pasture (Curry, 1969 a); mossy conifer litter (Hyatt, 1980). Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Mayo, Meath, Wexford.
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• In: Redia, 3: 257. • Combinations / variations used in Irish literature: Gamasus (Ologamasus) inornatus Berlese (Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918). Irish Records: Moss (Halbert, 1915); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture (Arroyo et al., 2015); fungal sporocarp (O’Connell, 1994); Machair grassland and associated fixed and fore dunes (Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); small mammal nests (unpublished data); moss on soil under oak, ash, Scots pine, and Sitka spruce; soil under oak; moss on oak, Scots pine, Sitka spruce; canopy of ask, oak, Sitka spruce (Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013 a, b). Counties: Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow.
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- Parasitidae Oudemans 1901