Uropoda Latreille, 1806

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 : 32-35

Subgenus Uropoda Latreille, 1806

• Uropoda (Uropoda) halberti Hirschmann, 1993 • Original name: Uropoda halberti Hirschmann, 1993 . • In: Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde, 40: 200. • Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Haluropoda minor Halbert (Halbert, 1915) , Trachyuropoda minor ( Halbert) (Halbert, 1920) , Phaulodinychus minor Halbert ( Hull, 1918; Healy, 1975, Speight & Healy, 1977).

Irish Records: Rocky shores and under stones resing on mud ( Halbert, 1915, 1920); debris form nests of

seagulls and puffins ( Halbert, 1915, 1920); soil and vegetation in saltmarsh ( Healy, 1975; Speight & Healy,

1977).

Counties: Dublin, Galway, Mayo.

• Uropoda (Uropoda) minima Kramer, 1882

• Original name: Uropoda minima Kramer, 1882 .

• In: Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 48: 416.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Discopoma integra Berlese ( Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918),

Olodiscus minima Kramer ( Curry, 1969a, b, 1976a, 1979; Longworth, 1973; Ganley, 1976; Whelan, 1976,

1986; Emmanuel, 1977; Purvis, 1982; Bolger, 1985; Curry & Momen, 1988; Curry et al., 1989; Heneghan,

1994; O’Connell, 1994; Heneghan & Bolger, 1996a, b; McCarthy, 2004; O’Connell & Bolger, 1997a).

Irish Records: Sphagnum and in decaying wood ( Halbert, 1915); pasture ( Curry, 1969a, b, 1976a; Ganley, 1976); pasture on cutaway peat ( Whelan, 1976, 1986; Curry & Momen, 1988; Curry et al., 1989); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); soil in barley and winter wheat fields ( Emmanuel, 1977, unpublished data); Sphagnum , heather, pine shelter belt and pasture on bog ( Longworth, 1973); dune, pasture, bracken bed gorse bank and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); Salix litter on peat ( Bolger, 1985); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994; O’Connell & Bolger, 1997a); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; Heneghan & Bolger, 1996a, b; McCarthy, 2004, unpublished data); pasture, rough grazing broadleaved and coniferous forest ( Arroyo et al., 2009); pasture and coniferous forest soils ( Arroyo et al., 2009); Machair grassland and associated fore dunes ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); soil and moss on soil under oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; moss on Sitka spruce ( Arroyo et al., 2010, 2012, 2013a); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015); soil in mixed broadleaf, ash, Norway spruce, Leyland cypress, Western hemlock, Lawson cypress, Monterey pine, and pasture (unpublished data); under ashand Norway spruce ( Little & Bolger, 1995); soil under birch, oak, lodgepole pine and Norway spruce (unpublished data).

Counties: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Sligo, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow.

• Uropoda (Uropoda) orbicularis (Müller, 1776)

• Original name: Acarus orbicularis Müller, 1776 .

• In: Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae and Norvegicae Indigenarum. Characteres, Nomina, and Synonyma Imprimis Popularum,187.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Cunningham, 1975; Curry, 1976a; Ganley, 1976; Purvis, 1978; Bolger, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); heather and pine shelter belt on bog ( Longworth, 1973); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976); pasture and rough grazing ( Arroyo et al., 2009); soil and moss on soil under oak, moss under Sitka spruce ( Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a).

Counties: Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow.