Rhodacaridae Oudemans 1902
Creators: name: Bolger, Thomas
name: Arroyo, Julio
name: Piotrowska, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae

description: 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Irish Records: Pasture (Curry, 1969a; Valarasan, 1971; Piotrowska, 2009); small mammal nests (unpublished data).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Irish Records: Pasture (Little & Bolger, 1995, Piotrowska, 2009; unpublished data).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.
description: 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