Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939

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Family Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939

Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese, 1905

• Cyrthydrolaelaps hirtus Berlese, 1905

• Original name: Cyrthydrolaelaps hirtus Berlese, 1905 .

• In: Redia 2, 20.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Cyrtolaelaps hirtus Berlese ( Halbert, 1920) .

Irish Records: In limestone flakes and under stones lying on mud at seashore ( Halbert, 1920).

Counties: Dublin, Galway.

• Cyrthydrolaelaps incisus Evans, 1955

• Original name: Cyrthdrolaelaps incisus Evans, 1955 .

• In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society (London), 125, 585.

Irish Records: Upper parts of intertidal area usually in the Pelvitia zone ( Halbert, 1915, 1920; Evans, 1959).

Counties: Dublin, Mayo.

Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1904

• Gamasolaelaps excisus (Koch, 1879)

• Original name: Sejus excisus Koch, 1879 .

• In: Svenska Akademiens handlingar, 16: 122.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Gamasolaelaps aurantiacus Berlese ( Halbert, 1915) .

Irish Records: Seashore a little above high water mark ( Halbert, 1915, 1920); pasture ( Ganley, 1976; Bolger, 1980; Little & Bolger, 1995, unpublished data); moss on rocks at seashore and rotten grass ( Bolger, 1990); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976).

Counties: Clare, Dublin, Kildare, Mayo, Westmeath.

Veigaia Oudemans, 1905

• Veigaia agilis (Berlese, 1916)

• Original name: Cyrtolaelaps agilis Berlese, 1916 .

• In: Redia , 12: 22.

Irish Records: Pasture ( Curry, 1969a, 1976a; Bolger, 1980; Till, 1988); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1986); soil in barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977); dune, bracken bed and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; Heneghan & Bolger, 1996a); soil in mixed broadleaved woodland (unpublished data); soil under Sitka spruce ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2007); under bracken on bog and rough grassland (Bolger, in press).

Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Wexford.

• Veigaia bouvieri (Berlese, 1916)

• Original name: Cyrtolaelaps bouvieri Berlese, 1916 .

• In: Redia , 12: 158.

Irish Records: Ash woodland (unpublished data);

Counties: Kildare.

• Veigaia cerva (Kramer, 1876)

• Original name: Gamasus cervus Kramer, 1876 .

• In: Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 42: 83.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Cyrtolaelaps cervus (Kramer) ( Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918).

Irish Records: In moss, and under bark ( Halbert, 1915); under stondes in Lasius flavus nest ( Halbert, 1915); pasture ( Curry, 1969a; Valarasan, 1971; Ganley, 1976); pine shelter belt on bog ( Longworth, 1973); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976); soil under birch, oak and pine trees and mixed broadleaves (unpublished data); bracken bed at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; unpublished data); moss under ash, Sitka spruce and Scots pine; soil under Sitka spruce; moss on oak and Scots pine ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2007; Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a); Machair grassland and associated fixed dunes ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); nest of Lasius flavus ( Arroyo et al., 2015) ; fungal fruiting body (unpublished data); soil under Monterey pine, Norway spruce and pasture (unpublished data); fen ( Wisdom, 2010; Wisdom et al., 2011).

Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Wexford, Wicklow.

• Veigaia exigua (Berlese, 1916)

• Original name: Cyrtolaelaps exiguus Berlese, 1916 .

• In: Redia , 12: 300.

Irish Records: Dune at seashore ( Till, 1988); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; unpublished data); soil under Sitka spruce ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2007); pasture ( Ganley, 1976; Arroyo et al., 2015; Piotrowska, 2009); soil under Leyland cypress and pasture (unpublished data); cliffs and woodland (Bolger, in press).

Counties: Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Wexford.

• Veigaia kochi (Trägårdh, 1901)

• Original name: Cyrtolaelaps kochi Trägårdh, 1901 .

• In: Zoologischer Anzeiger, 25: 61.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Cyrtolaelaps kochi Trägårdh ( Halbert, 1915; Hull, 1918). Irish Records: Amongst mosses ( Halbert, 1915); pasture ( Curry, 1969a); pine shelter belt on bog (Long-

worth, 1973); pasture on peat ( Whelan, 1976); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994); soil under pine (unpublished data); broadleaved and coniferous forest soils ( Arroyo et al., 2009); fixed dunes of Machair system ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); moss on soil under oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; soil under oak and Sitka spruce ( Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a); nest of Lasius flavus ( Arroyo et al., 2015) ; fungal fruiting body (unpublished data); spruce woodland (unpublished data); raised bog ( Wisdom, 2010; Wisdom et al., 2011).

Counties: Cork, Donegal, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow.

• Veigaia nemorensis (Koch, 1839)

• Original name: Gamasus nemorensis Koch, 1839 .

• In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriopoden und Arachniden. 1835–1844. Regensburg, fasc. 1 (40).

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Cyrtolaelaps nemorensis (Koch) ( Halbert, 1915; Hull,

1918).

Irish Records: Moss and under bark of fir trees ( Halbert, 1915); pasture ( Curry, 1969a, b, 1976a; Valarasan, 1971; Bolger, 1980; Arroyo et al., 2015); heather on bog ( Longworth, 1973); pasture on cutaway peat ( Whelan, 1976; Curry & Momen, 1988); soil in barley field ( Emmanuel, 1977); Iris bog, bracken bed, and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; Heneghan & Bolger, 1996a; unpublished data); soil under birch, horse chestnut, pine, and mixed broadleaved and coniferous stands (unpublished data); broadleaved and coniferous forest, peatland and arable soils ( Arroyo et al., 2009); rough and wet pasture, cliff and moss (Bolger, in press); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994; O’Connell & Bolger, 1997b; unpublished data); soil under ash and Norway spruce ( Little & Bolger, 1995; unpublished data); soil under Leyland cypress, Western hemlock, Lawson cypress, Monterey pine, Sitka spruce and pasture (unpublished data,); soil under oak, ask, Scots pine and Sitka spruce; moss on soil and trees and in canopy of Sitka spruce ( Arroyo & Bolger, 2007; Arroyo et al., 2010, 2012, 2013a).

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

• Veigaia planicola (Berlese, 1892)

• Original name: Cyrtolaelaps nemorensis var. planicola Berlese, 1892

• In: Acari , Myriapoda and Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. fasc. 62 (6).

Irish Records: Pasture ( Curry, 1969a; Ganley, 1976; Piotrowska, 2009); Sphagnum and pine shelter belt on bog ( Longworth, 1973); pasture on cutaway peat ( Whelan, 1976; Curry & Momen, 1988); dune, pasture, bracken bed, gorse bank and Salix ditch at seashore ( Purvis, 1982); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994; McCarthy, 2004; unpublished data); soil under pine (unpulished data); broadleaved forest soil ( Arroyo et al., 2009; unpublished data); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture ( Arroyo et al., 2015); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994; unpublished data); soil under Leyland cypress, Lawson cypress, Monterey pine (unpublished data); soil under ash and Norway spruce ( Little & Bolger, 1995; unpublished data).

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

• Veigaia transisalae (Oudemans, 1902)

• Original name: Cyrtolaelaps transisalae Oudemans, 1902 .

• In: Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, uitgegeven door de Nederlandsche entomologische Vereeniging, 45: 28.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Cyrtolaelaps transisalae Oudemans ( Halbert, 1915; Hull,

1918).

Irish Records: In moss, and under bark ( Halbert, 1915); cave ( Hazelton, 1974a, b, c); fungal sporocarp ( O’Connell, 1994); soil under Norway spruce ( Heneghan, 1994); soil in oak and mixed broadleaf woodlands (Unpublshed data); rough grassland (Bolger, in press); soil under pasture and Lawson cypress (unpublished data); soil under ash and Norway spruce ( Little & Bolger, 1995; unpublished data); mounatain blanket bog and fen ( Wisdom, 2010; Wisdom et al., 2011).

Counties: Clare, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Mayo, Sligo, Wexford.