Eviphididae Berlese, 1913

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 : 118-121

Family Eviphididae Berlese, 1913

Alliphis Halbert, 1923

• Alliphis halleri (G. & R. Canestrini, 1881)

• Original name: Gamasus halleri G. & R. Canestrini, 1881.

• In: Atti del Reale Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, Series 5, 7: 1077.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Copriphis (Alliphis) halleri (G. & R. Canestrini) ( Halbert, 1923).

Irish Records: Decaying roots of henbane and under bark of decaying wood ( Halbert, 1923); pasture ( Curry, 1969a, b, 1973, 1976a, b; Cunningham, 1975; Ganley, 1976; Curry & Ganley, 1977; Curry & Tuohy, 1978; Curry & Cunningham, 1978; Purvis, 1978; Tuohy, 1979; Bolger, 1980; Bolger & Curry, 1980, 1984; O’Neill, 1981; Piotrowska, 2009); pasture on cutaway peat ( Whelan, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1986; Curry & Momen, 1988; Curry et al., 1989); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); soil in sugar beet crop ( Breslin, 1979; Curry & Purvis, 1982); plants and soil in barley and winter wheat crops ( Emmanuel, 1977; Emmanuel et al., 1985b; unpublished data); bread vans ( Cusack et al., 1975); Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); winter wheat crop ( Kelly & Curry, 1985); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015); bedding of Oryctolagus cuniculus (unpublished data).

Counties: Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick, Meath, Offaly, Wexford.

Crassicheles Karg, 1963

• Crassicheles concentricus (Oudemans, 1904)

• Original name: Eviphis concentricus Oudemans, 1905 .

• In: Entomologische Berichten Nederland, 2: 1.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Purvis, 1978, O’Neill, 1981).

Counties: Kildare, Meath.

• Crassicheles holsaticus Willmann, 1937

• Original name: Eviphis holsaticus Willmann, 1937 .

• In: Schriften des Naturwissenschaftichen Vereins fuer Schleswig -Holstein, 22: 18.

Irish Records: Soil and phoretic on sphaerocerid flies and staphylinid beetles in pasture (Bolger, 1980; Evans, 1980).

Counties: Kildare.

Eviphis Berlese, 1903

• Eviphis ostrinus (Koch, 1836)

• Original name: Iphis ostrinus Koch, 1836

• In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc.2 (6).

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Euphis ostrinus (Koch) ( Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918).

Irish Records: Moss and under fir cones ( Halbert, 1915); pasture ( Curry, 1969a; Valarasan, 1971; Piotrowska, 2009); Sphagnum , heather, pine shelter bed and pasture on bog ( Longworth, 1973; Whelan, 1976); Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; unpublished data); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994; unpublished data); ash and mixed broadleaved woodlands ( Little & Bolger, 1995; unpublished data); fore dunes of Machair ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); soil under birch, oak, Norway spruce, Leyland cypress, Monterey pine, mixed broadleaved forest and pasture (unpublished data).

Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Mayo, Wexford, Wicklow.

Thinoseius Halbert, 1920 • Thinoseius fucicolus ( Halbert, 1920) • Original name: Lasioseius fucicola Halbert, 1920 . • In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 35: 125. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Lasioseius fucicola Halbert (Halbert, 1920) , Thinoseius berlesii Halbert (Halbert, 1920 , c.f. Luxton, 1998).

Irish Records: Decaying seaweed on rocky shore ( Halbert, 1920, see also Anon. 1918); sandy beach

( Healy & McGrath, 1998).

Counties: Dublin, Wexford.