Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928

Bolger, Thomas, 2017, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) recorded from Ireland: Catalogue, historical records, species habitats and geographical distribution, combinations, variations and synonyms, Zootaxa 4328 (1), pp. 1-174 : 71-75

Family Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928

Adoristes Hull, 1916

· Adoristes ovatus (C.L. Koch, 1839) *

· Original name: Oribata ovatus C.L. Koch, 1839 .

· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 30 (24).

· Historical combinations/variations: Leiosoma ovata (C.L. Koch) Nicolet, 1855 ; Leiosoma ovatus (C.L. Koch) Oudemans, 1896 ; Liacarus ovatus (C.L. Koch) Oudemans, 1900 ; Adoristes (Adoristes) ovatus (C.L. Koch) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Leiosoma truncatum Canestrini and Fanzago, 1876 ; Leiosoma pyrigerum Berlese, 1888 ; Leiosoma flavipes Oudemans, 1896 ; Conoppia grandis Berlese, 1908 . Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss and rotten wood and among pine needles ( Halbert 1915); mountain blanket bogs ( Wisdom et al. 2011).

Counties: Mayo and Sligo.

· Adoristes poppei (Oudemans, 1906) *

· Original name: Liacarus poppei Oudemans, 1906 .

· In: Nachtrag zur Milben-Fauna der Umgegend Bremens. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom

Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen, 19, 47–67.

· Historical combinations/variations: Adoristes ovatus poppei (Oudemans) Pérez-Íñigo, 1970 ; Adoristes

(Adoristes) poppei (Oudemans) Subías, 2004 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Gorse bank at seashore (Purvis 1982); grassland, heather and shelter belt on peat ( Longworth 1973); soil from Lawson cypress and Norway spruce forests (unpublished data; Heneghan, 1994); Sitka spruce canopy ( Arroyo et al. 2009b); canopy moss and moss on soil in Sitka spruce forests, and moss on soil in oak and ash forests, and moss on soil, canopy an soil in Scots pine forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994; O’Connell and Bolger 1997; unpublished data); agricultural grassland ( Arroyo et al. 2009a); Machair fore and fixed (stable) dunes (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); raised bogs, mountain blanket bogs and Atlantic blanket bogs ( Wisdom et al. 2011); riparian habitat (unpublished data); ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data).

Counties: Clare, Cork, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow.

Liacarus (Dorycranosus) Woolley, 1969

· Liacarus (Dorycranosus) acutus Pschorn-Walcher, 1951

· Original name: Liacarus acutus Pshorn-Walcher, 1951 .

· In: Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 2 (1–2), 181.

· Historical combinations/variations: Dorycranosus acutus (Pschorn-Walcher) Arroyo et al., 2015 .

· Synonyms: (?) Liacarus coracinus racovitzae Trägårdh, 1912 “sp. inq.”; Liacarus infissus Gunhold, 1953 ; Liacarus claviger Mihelčič, 1956 ; Cultroribula grandis Mihelčič, 1956 ; Dorycranosus infissus (Gunhold) Miko, 2016 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland ( Valarasan 1971); ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Dublin and Limerick.

Liacarus (Liacarus) Michael, 1898

· Liacarus (Liacarus) coracinus (C.L. Koch, 1841) *

· Original name: Oribata coracinus C.L. Koch, 1871 .

· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 31 (1).

· Historical combinations/variations: Leiosoma coracinum (C.L. Koch) Berlese, 1885 ; Liacarus coracinus (C.L. Koch) Sellnick, 1928 .

· Synonyms: Leiosoma similis Nicolet, 1855 ; Leiosoma simile (Nicolet) Michael, 1884 ; Liacarus vombi Dalenius, 1950 ; Liacarus parvus Mihelčič, 1954 ; Liacarus oribatelloides Winkler, 1956 ; Liacarus lencoranicus Krivolutsky, 1967 ; Liacarus nitidulus Krivolutsky, 1967 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss and under bark ( Halbert 1915), cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture on peat ( Whelan 1976); agricultural grassland ( Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Limerick, Mayo and Wicklow.

· Liacarus (Liacarus) nitens (Gervais, 1844)

· Original name: Oribata nitens Gervais, 1844 .

· In: Aceres, Phryneides, Scorpionides, Solpugides, Phalangides et Acarides; etc. pp. 132–260 in C.A. Walckenaer (Ed.), Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Apteres, Vol. 3, 259.

· Historical combinations/variations: Leiosoma nitens (Gervais) Nicolet, 1855 ; Notaspis nitens (Gervais) Michael, 1898 ; Liacarus nitens (Gervais) Willmann, 1931 .

· Synonyms: Liacarus robustus Ewing, 1918 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994). Counties: Kilkenny.

Liacarus (Liacarus) xylariae (Schrank, 1803) *

· Original name: Acarus xylariae Schrank, 1803 .

· In: Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Bd. 3 Abt. 1, Philipp Krüll, Landshut, 272 pp.

· Historical combinations/variations: Liacarus xylariae (Schrank) Borcard, 1992 .

· Synonyms: Oribata fusca C.L. Koch, 1841 ; Liacarus cuspidatus Mihelčič, 1954 ; Liacarus translamellatus Kulijev, 1962 ; Liacarus sphaericus Djaparidze, 1980 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland ( Curry 1969a; Valarasan 1971). Counties: Dublin and Kildare.

Xenillus Robineau-Desvoidy, 1839

· Xenillus tegeocranus (Hermann, 1804) *

· Original name: Notaspis tegeocranus Hermann, 1804 .

· In: Mémoire Aptérologique. Strassbourg. 154 pp, 93.

· Historical combinations/variations: Oribata tegeocrana (Hermann) Latreille, 1806 ; Cepheus tegeocranus (Hermann) Michael, 1884 ; Kochia tegeocrana (Hermann) Oudemans, 1900 ; Banksia tegeocrana (Hermann) Willmann, 1928 ; Xenillus (Xenillus) tegeocranus (Hermann) Subías, 2004 .

· Synonyms: Cepheus bifidatus Nicolet, 1855 ; Cepheus vulgaris Nicolet, 1855 ; Xenillus clypeator Sellnick, 1960 .

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss ( Halbert 1907, 1915); agricultural grassland (Curry 1976; Arroyo et al. 2015); bracken bed at seashore (Purvis 1982); fungal sporocarps ( O’Connell 1994); pastures and beech forests ( Arroyo et al. 2009a); Machair fixed dunes (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); moss on soil in oak, ash and Scots pine forests, moss in canopy in oak forests, soil in ash forests and canopy in Sitka spruce forests ( Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); moss on trunk in yew and oak forest ( Arroyo et al. 2013c); riparian habitat (unpublished data), ant nests ( Arroyo et al. 2015), canopy in ash and oak forests (unpublished data). Counties: Carlow, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wexford and Wicklow.