Parasitidae Oudemans, 1901

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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soil in winter wheat field (unpublished data).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Irish Records: Amongst decaying seaweed on seashore ( Halbert, 1915, 1920); in vinegar (Halbert unpublished notes); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); pasture ( Purvis, 1978; O’Neill, 1981); in hazel humus and under ivy ( Hyatt, 1980); leaf litter ( Hyatt, 1990a).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