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Rhodacaridae Oudemans 1902

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Family Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902

Minirhodacarellus Shcherbak, 1980

• Minirhodacarellus minimus (Karg, 1961)

• Original name: Rhodacarellus minimus Karg, 1961.

• In: Zoologischer Anzeiger, 166: 128.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Rhodacarus minimus (Karg) (Purvis, 1982). Irish Records: Dune at seashore (Purvis, 1982). Counties: Wexford.

Rhodacarellus Willmann, 1935

• Rhodacarellus epigynialis Sheals, 1956

• Original name: Rhodacarellus epigynialis Sheals, 1956.

• In: Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 92: 102.

Irish Records: Pasture (Curry, 1969a; Valarasan, 1971; Piotrowska, 2009); small mammal nests (unpublished data).

Counties: Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Wexford.

• Rhodacarellus perspicuus Halaśkova, 1958

• Original name: Rhodacarellus epigynialis perspicuus Halaśkova, 1959

• In: Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae, 56: 98.

Irish Records: Pasture (Little & Bolger, 1995, Piotrowska, 2009; unpublished data).

Counties: Cork, Galway, Kildare.

• Rhodacarellus silesiacus Willmann, 1936

• Original name: Rhodacarellus silesiacus Willmann, 1936.

• In: Zoologischer Anzeiger, 113: 282.

Irish Records: Pasture (Curry, 1969a, 1970, 1971; Valarasan, 1971; Ganley, 1976; Purvis, 1978; Curry et al., 1980; Bolger, 1980; Bolger & Curry, 1980; Piotrowska, 2009); manure on soil surface (Curry, 1979); pasture on peat (Whelan, 1976, 1978, 1985); soil in sugar beet crop (McCafferty & Evans, 1977; Curry & Purvis, 1982); Iris bog at seashore (Purvis, 1982); soil in barley crop (Emmanuel et al., 1985b); winter wheat crop (Kelly & Curry, 1985); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture (Arroyo et al., 2015).

Counties: Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Meath, Wexford.

Rhodacarus Oudemans, 1902

• Rhodacarus agrestis Karg, 1971

• Original name: Rhodacarus agrestis Karg, 1971.

• In: Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59: 322.

Irish Records: Pasture (Ganley, 1976).

Counties: Dublin.

• Rhodacarus calcarulatus Berlese, 1920

• Original name: Rhodacarus calcarulatus Berlese, 1920.

• In: Redia, 14: 164.

Irish Records: Pasture (Ganley, 1976).

Counties: Dublin.

• Rhodacarus clavulatus Athias-Henriot, 1961

• Original name: Rhodacarus clavulatus Athias-Henriot, 1961.

• In: Acarologia, 3: 502.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Rhodacarus ancorae Karg (Purvis, 1982).

Irish Records: Dune, pasture, Iris bog, bracken bed, gorse bank and Salix ditch at seashore (Purvis, 1982).

Counties: Wexford.

• Rhodacarus coronatus Berlese, 1921

• Original name: Rhodacarus coronatus Berlese, 1921.

• In: Redia, 14: 165.

Irish Records: Pasture (Ganley, 1976).

Counties: Dublin.

• Rhodacarus pallidus Hull, 1918

• Original name: Rhodocarus pallidus Hull, 1918.

• In: Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle -upon -Tyne, 5: 57.

• Combinations/variations used in Irish literature: Rhodacarus roseus var. pallidus Hull (Halbert, 1920).

Irish Records: Seashore in the lichen zone (Halbert, 1920); soil in saltmarsh (Healy, 1975; Speight & Healy, 1977); soil in sugar beet crop (Curry & Purvis, 1982); soil in barley crop (Emmanuel, 1977; Emmanuel et al., 1985b); pasture (Purvis & Curry, 1980).

Counties: Dublin, Kildare.

• Rhodacarus roseus Oudemans, 1902

• Original name: Rhodacarus roseus Oudemans, 1902.

• In: Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 45: 50.

Irish Records: In marshy area near lake (Halbert, 1920); upper seashore (Halbert, 1920); on decaying roots (Halbert, 1920); pasture (Curry, 1969a, 1971; Valarasan, 1971; Ganley, 1976; Purvis, 1978; Bolger, 1980; unpublished data); pasture on peat (Whelan, 1976, 1978, 1985); fungal sporocarp (O’Connell, 1994); pasture, rough grazing, broadleaved and coniferous forest (Arroyo et al., 2009); Machair grassland (Arroyo & Bolger, 2011); nest of Lasius flavus and pasture (Arroyo et al., 2015); arable soil (Bolger, in press); soil under Leyland cypress, Monterey pine, Sitka spruce, Norway spruce and pasture (unpublished data); soil in ash and mixed broadleaved woodlands (Little & Bolger, 1995; unpublished data); soil under ash and Scots pine (Arroyo et al., 2012, 2013a); soil under birch, oak, lodgepole pine (unpublished data).

Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow.

• Rhodacarus strenzkei Willmann, 1957

• Original name: Rhodacarus strenzkei Willmann, 1957.

• In: Abhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein zu Bremen, 35: 166.

Irish Records: Dune, pasture, Iris bog, bracken bed and gorse bank at seashore (Purvis, 1982).

Counties: Wexford.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-220 in Zootaxa 4519 (1) on pages 111-118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4519.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2609574

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Oudemans
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Rhodacaridae
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family
Taxonomic concept label
Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902 sec. Bolger, Arroyo & Piotrowska, 2018

References

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  • Valarasan, V. (1971) Ecology of soil arthropods in Irish pasture. Ph. D. Thesis University of Dublin, Dublin, 248 pp.
  • Piotrowska, K. (2009) The effects of pasture plant species composition and diversity on earthworm, mite and soil microbial communities. Ph. D. Thesis, University College Dublin, Dublin, 267 pp.
  • Little, D. & Bolger, T. (1995) The effects of alternative land-uses on soil properties & mesofaunal communities in Calcareous Brown Earth soils in Eastern Ireland. Biology and Environment - Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 95 B, 183 - 193.
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  • Curry, J. P. (1971) Seasonal and vertical distribution of the arthropod fauna of an old pasture soil. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, Series B, 3, 49 - 71.
  • Ganley, J. (1976) A study of the arthropod fauna associated with the roots of some common grass and weed species of pasture. M. Agr. Sci. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 72 pp.
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  • Whelan, J. (1976) A comparative study of the acarine fauna of permanent pasture and of the new leys on cutaway raised bog at Lullymore, Co. Kildare. Ph. D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 223 pp.
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  • McCafferty, C. & Evans, G. O. (1977) The effects of lindane and aldicarb on Collembola and Acari in sugan beet soils. UCD Faculty of General Agriculture Research Report, 1976 - 1977, 3 - 4.
  • Curry, J. P. & Purvis, G. (1982) Studies on the influence of weeds and farmyard manure on the arthropod fauna of sugar beet. Journal of Life Sciences, Royal Dublin Society, 3, 397 - 408.
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  • 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 pasture. Biology and Environment-Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 115, 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.3318 / bioe. 2015.03
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  • Healy, B. (1975) Fauna of the salt-marsh, North Bull Island, Dublin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 75 B, 225 - 244.
  • Speight, M. C. D. & Healy, B. (1977) Arachnida and Insecta. In: Jeffrey, D. W., Goodwillie, R. N., Healy, B., Holland, C. H., Jackson, J. S. & Moore, J. J. (Eds.), North Bull Island Dublin Bay-a modern coastal natural history. The Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, pp. 147 - 156
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