Family Tectocepheidae Grandjean, 1954

Tectocepheus Berlese, 1895

· Tectocepheus minor Berlese, 1903

· Original name: Tectocepheus minor Berlese, 1903 .

· In: Acari nuovi. Manipulus I. Redia, 1, 252.

· Synonyms: Tectocepheus cuspidentatus Knülle, 1954; Tectocepheus velatus novus Hammer, 1967; Tectocepheus bisignatus Moritz, 1968 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Pastures, corn crops, coniferous forests (mixed lodgepole pine and Norway spruce), Sitka spruce forests and blanket bogs (rough grazing) (Arroyo et al. 2009a); Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); raised bogs, mountain blanket bogs and Atlantic blanket bogs (Wisdom et al. 2011); moss in canopy in oak, ash and Scots pine forests, moss on soil in oak and Scots pine forests and soil in Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); moss on soil in oak forest (Arroyo et al. 2013c); ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Cork, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Sligo, Roscommon, Tipperary and Wicklow.

Tectocepheus velatus (Michael, 1880) *

· Original name: Tegeocranus velatus Michael, 1880 .

· In: A further contribution to the knowledge of British Oribatidae . (Part II). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 3, 190.

· Historical combinations/variations: Scutovertex velatus (Michael) Oudemans, 1900 .

· Synonyms: Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis Trägårdh, 1910; Tectocepheus coniunctus Knülle, 1954; Tectocepheus tenuis Knülle, 1954; Tectocepheus translamellatus Knülle, 1954; Tectocepheus velatus granulatus Mihelčič, 1957; Tectocepheus vicarius Balogh, 1958; Tectocepheus sarekensis (Trägårdh) Hammer, 1967; Tectocepheus translamellaris Kardar, 1974; Tectocepheus titanius Ohkubo, 1982; Tectocepheus spinosus Mahunka, 1984 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture (both soil and herbage) (Whelan 1978, 1985, 1986); sugar beet (Curry and Purvis 1982); dune and pasture at seashore (Purvis 1982); bog, grassland, heather and shelter belt on peat (Longworth 1973); grassland herbage (Purvis 1978); agricultural grassland with application of animal manure (Bolger 1980); sandy loam grassland (Bolger and Curry 1984); cutaway bog in Salix litter (Bolger 1985); wheat crop (Bolger and Kelly 1985; unpublished data); fungal sporocarps (1987b); former raised bog cutaway peat (Curry and Momen 1988); pastures, corn and barley crops, Sitka spruce forests, broadleaved forests (hawthorn and ash mixed, birch) and blanket bogs (rough grazing) (Arroyo et al. 2009a); Machair fore dunes and fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); raised bogs and Atlantic blanket bogs (Wisdom et al. 2011); moss in canopy in oak, ash and Scots pine forests, moss on soil in oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and soil in Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); agricultural grassland and in ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015).

Counties: Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Offaly and Wexford.