Laelaps (Cosmolaelaps), Berlese, 1903

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, Zootaxa 4519 (1), pp. 1-220 : 194-196

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Subgenus Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903

• Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) claviger (Berlese, 1883)

• Original name: Laelaps claviger Berlese, 1883 .

• In: Acari, Myriopoda and Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, 4 (2).

Irish Records: Moss and other habitats ( Halbert, 1915; Bolger, in press); pasture ( Valarasan, 1971; Ganley, 1976); pasture on cutaway peat ( Curry & Momen, 1988); dune and gorse bank at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); Salix litter on peat ( Bolger, 1985); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015).

Counties: Dublin, Limerick, Offaly, Wexford.

• Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) miles (Berlese, 1892)

• Original name: Laelaps (Iphis) miles Berlese, 1892.

• In: Acari , Myriapoda and Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, 63 (9).

Irish Records: Nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015).

Counties: Limerick.

• Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) vacua (Michael, 1891)

• Original name: Laelaps (Cosmolaelaps) vacuus Michael, 1891 .

• In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 4: 651.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Laelaps (Cosmolaelaps) vacuus Michael ( Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918), Laelaps (Cosmolaelaps) styliferus Halbert (Halbert, 1915 ; Hull, 1918; Luxton, 1998). Irish Records: Nests of Lasius flavus and Myrmica scabrinodis ( Halbert, 1915) ; pasture ( Curry, 1969a); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976). Counties: Kildare, Mayo.

References

Arroyo, J., O'Grady, A., Vance, H. & Bolger, T. (2015) The mite (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) assemblages associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nests and surrounding soil in an Irish pasture. Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 115, 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.3318 / bioe. 2015.03

Bolger, T. (1985) The rate of disappearence of Salix litter in cutaway bog and the microarthropods associated with it. Pedobiologia, 18, 145 - 153.

Curry, J. P. (1969 a) The qualitative and quantitative composition of the fauna of an old pasture site at Celbridge, Co. Kildare. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1, 219 - 227. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / 0038 - 0717 (69) 90022 - 4

Curry, J. P. & Momen, F. M. (1988) The arthropod fauna of pasture on reclaimed cutaway peat in Central Ireland. Pedobiologia, 32, 99 - 109.

Ganley, J. (1976) A study of the arthropod fauna associated with the roots of some common grass and weed species of pasture. M. Agr. Sci. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 72 pp.

Halbert, J. N. (1915) Clare Island survey. 39. Acaridina ii. Terrestrial and marine Acarina. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31 (39), 45 - 136.

Hull, J. E. (1918) Terrestrial Acari of the Tyne province. Transactions of the Natural History Society Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle, 5, 13 - 88

Luxton, M. (1998) The oribatid and parasitiform mites of Ireland, with particular reference to the work of J. N. Halbert (1872 - 1948). Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 22, 1 - 72.

Purvis, G. (1982) The soil arthropod fauna (Acari and Collembola) of a coastal locality in Southeast Ireland. Journal of Life Sciences Royal Dublin Society, 3, 379 - 396.

Valarasan, V. (1971) Ecology of soil arthropods in Irish pasture. Ph. D. Thesis University of Dublin, Dublin, 248 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.