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Scutoverticidae Grandjean 1954

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Family Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954

Scutovertex Michael, 1879

· Scutovertex minutus (C.L. Koch, 1836) *

· Original name: Cepheus minutus C.L. Koch, 1836.

· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 3(12).

· Historical combinations/variations: Ameronothrus minutus (C.L. Koch) Buitendijk, 1945.

· Synonyms: Eremaeus ovalis siculus Berlese, 1887; Scutovertex ovalis (Berlese) Oudemans, 1900. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland (Bolger 1980); dune at seashore (Purvis 1982). Counties: Wexford.

· Scutovertex sculptus Michael, 1879 *

· Original name: Scutovertex sculptus Michael, 1879.

· In: A contribution to the knowledge of the British Oribatidae. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 2, 225–251.

· Synonyms: (?) Cepheus ovalis C.L. Koch, 1841 “sp. inq.”; Eremaeus ovalis (C.L. Koch) Berlese, 1887; Scutovertex steineri Mihelčič, 1956; Scutovertex (Neoscutovertex) glaber Mihelčič, 1957; Scutovertex (Neoscutovertex) rugosus Mihelčič, 1957.

Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Old nests of gulls and puffins and under stones on sandhills (Halbert 1915); bog (Longworth 1973); Plantago sward (Bolger In press), pastures (Arroyo et al. 2009a); agricultural grassland and ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015).

Counties: Galway, Limerick and Mayo.

Notes

Published as part of Bolger, Thomas, 2017, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) recorded from Ireland: Catalogue, historical records, species habitats and geographical distribution, combinations, variations and synonyms, pp. 1-174 in Zootaxa 4328 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Grandjean
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Family
Scutoverticidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954 sec. Bolger, 2017

References

  • Bolger, T. (1980) The effects of landspread animal manures on the arthropod mesofauna of grassland soils. Ph. D. thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 296 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.
  • Longworth, T. J. (1973) Some aspects of the ecology of the acari of virgin and reclaimed blanket bog at Glenamoy, Co. Mayo. National University of Ireland. PhD thesis, University College Dublin, Dublin, 76 pp.
  • Arroyo, J., Keith, A. M., Schmidt, O. & Bolger, T. (2009 a) Mite abundance and richness in an Irish survey of soil biodiversity with comments on some newly recorded species. Irish Naturalist Journal, 33 (1), 19 - 27.
  • 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 grassland. Biology and Environment Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 115 (1), 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.3318 / bioe. 2015.03