Parasitidae Oudemans 1901

• Main Authors: Bolger, Thomas, Arroyo, Julio, Piotrowska, Katarzyna
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Parasitidae; Hazelton; Weir; Vance; Hyatt; Purvis; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5951887; https://zenodo.org/record/5951887

Family Parasitidae Oudemans, 1901 Amblygamasus Berlese, 1903 • Amblygamasus hamatus (Koch, 1839) • Original name : Gamasus hamatus Koch, 1839. • In : Deutschlands Crustaceen , Myriopoden und Arachniden . 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc. 26 (2). • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Pergamasus hamatus Koch ( Bolger, 1980; Purvis, 1978), Pergamasus ( Paragamasus ) hamatus Koch (Whelan, 1976). 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: Pasture (Purvis, 1978; Bolger, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009); pasture on peat (Whelan, 1976); soil in winter wheat field (unpublished data).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, 1969a; Purvis, 1978; Breslin, 1979; Bolger, 1980; Purvis & Curry, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009). Irish Records : Pasture (Curry, 1969a; 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 Irish Records : Amongst decaying seaweed on seashore (Halbert, 1915, 1920); in vinegar (Halbert unpublished notes); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); pasture (Purvis, 1978; O’Neill, 1981); in hazel humus and under ivy (Hyatt, 1980); leaf litter (Hyatt, 1990a). 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, 1974a, b, c). Counties: Cork. • Eugamasus crassitarsis (Halbert, 1923) • Original name : Gamasus ( Eugamasus ) crassitarsis Halbert, 1923. • 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, 1969a); mossy conifer litter (Hyatt, 1980). Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Mayo, Meath, Wexford. Gamasodes Oudemans, 1939 • Gamasodes bispinosus Halbert, 1915 • Original name : Gamasodes bispinosus Halbert, 1915. • In : Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , 31: 56. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Gamasodes bispinosus Halbert (Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918). Irish Records : In moss (Halbert, 1915); pasture (Ganley, 1976; Purvis, 1978; Bolger, 1980; Hyatt, 1980; 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. • Holoparasitus inornatus (Berlese, 1906) • Original name : Gamasus inornatus Berlese, 1906. • 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, 2013a, b). Counties: Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow. • Holoparasitus lawrencei Hyatt, 1987 • Original name : Holoparasitus lawrencei Hyatt, 1987. • 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, 2013a, b); riverbank (unpublished data). Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Wexford, Wicklow Galway, Mayo, Clare, Leitrim. Leptogamasus Trägårdh, 1936 : Published as part of 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, pp. 1-220 in Zootaxa 4519 (1) on pages 42-51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4519.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2609574 : {"references": ["Purvis, G. (1978) Studies on the effects of management on the arthropod communities of pasture. Ph. D. thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 253 pp.", "Whelan, J. (1976) A comparative study of the acarine fauna of permanent pasture and of the new leys on cutaway raised bog at Lullymore, Co. Kildare. Ph. D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 223 pp.", "Piotrowska, K. (2009) The effects of pasture plant species composition and diversity on earthworm, mite and soil microbial communities. Ph. D. Thesis, University College Dublin, Dublin, 267 pp.", "Curry, J. P. 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