Damaeidae Berlese 1896
Creators: name: Bolger, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Damaeidae

description: Family Damaeidae Berlese, 1896
Belba von Heyden, 1826
· Belba corynopus (Hermann, 1804)
· Original name: Notaspis corynopus Hermann, 1804.
· In: Mémoire Aptérologique. Strassbourg. 154 pp, 89.
· Historical combinations/variations: Belba (Belba) corynopus (Hermann) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Damaeus sufflexus Michael, 1885; Belba bulbipes Karpelles, 1893; Belba sufflexus (Michael) Berlese, 1894; Oribata sufflexus (Michael) Sellnick, 1928.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Soil and moss on soil in oak forest (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b). Counties: Laois.
Damaeus (Adamaeus) Norton, 1977
· Damaeus (Adamaeus) onustus C.L. Koch, 1844 * · Original name: Damaeus onustus C. L. Koch, 1844.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 38 (7).
· Synonyms: Oribata geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758); Damaeus geniculatus Michael, 1888 sensu Halbert 1915; Belba geniculosa Oudemans, 1929; Belba helvetica Schweizer, 1956.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss (Halbert 1907, 1915); agricultural grassland (Valarasan 1971). Counties: Dublin.
Damaeus (Paradamaeus) Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957
· Damaeus (Paradamaeus) clavipes (Hermann, 1804) *
· Original name: Notaspis clavipes Hermann, 1804.
· In: Mémoire Aptérologique, Strassbourg. 154 pp, 88.
· Historical combinations/variations: Damaeus clavipes (Hermann) Michael, 1888; Oribata clavipes (Hermann) Oudemans, 1900; Belba clavipes (Hermann) Willmann, 1931; Paradamaeus clavipes (Hermann) O’ Connell, 1994.
· Synonyms: Oppia glaucina C.L. Koch, 1836; Damaeus nodipes C.L. Koch, 1839; Acarus geniculatus Johnston, 1849; Damaeus auritus, Nicolet, 1855; Belba geniculata (Johnston) Oudemans, 1890. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss (Halbert 1907, 1915); agricultural grassland (Curry 1973) dune and bracken bed at seashore (Purvis 1982); apple orchard (Momen 1987); fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994; O’Connell and Bolger 1997); soil from Norway spruce forest (Heneghan 1994; Heneghan and Bolger 1996); heather, soil on cliff and woodland (Bolger In press); moss on soil (Arroyo and Bolger 2007); moss in canopy in Sitka spruce forest (Arroyo et al. 2009b); moss on trunk in yew forest and moss on trunk and moss on soil in oak forest (Arroyo et al. 2013c); canopy moss in oak, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests, moss on soil in oak, Scots pine, Sitka spruce and ash forests and canopy in Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); riparian habitat (unpublished data); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data).
Counties: Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wexford and Wicklow.
Dameobelba Sellnick, 1928
· Dameobelba minutissima (Sellnick, 1929)
· Original name: Oribata (?) minutissimus Sellnick, 1929.
· In: Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg, 61–62.
· Historical combinations/variations: Oribata (Dameobelba) minutissimus, Sellnick, 1928; Belba (Dameobelba) minutissima (Sellnick) Willmann, 1931; Belba minutissima (Sellnick) Van der Drift, 1950. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Soil under heather (Longworth 1973); soil moss in oak forests (Arroyo et al. 2009b, 2012, 2013b).
Counties: Mayo and Wicklow.
Metabelba Grandjean, 1936
· Metabelba papillipes (Nicolet, 1855) * · Original name: Damaeus papillipes Nicolet, 1855.
· In: Histoire naturelle des Acariens qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 7, 381–482.
· Historical combinations/variations: Metabelba (Metabelba) papillipes (Nicolet) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Belba globipes Canestrini and Berlese, 1884; Belba michaeli Oudemans, 1900; Damaeus michaeli (Oudemans) Hull, 1915; Metabelba cremersi van der Hammen, 1952; Belba obscura Mihelčič, 1956; Damaeus vertilicipes [sic] sensu Halbert [misidentification].
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss in woodland (Halbert 1915), under fir bark (Halbert 1920 and Halbert notes); agricultural grassland (Curry 1969).
Counties: Dublin, Kildare and Mayo.
· Metabelba pulverulenta (C.L. Koch, 1839)
· Original name: Nothrus pulverulenta C.L. Koch, 1839.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 29.
· Historical combinations/variations: Damaeus pulverulentus (C.L. Koch) Michael, 1898; Oribata pulverulentus (C.L. Koch) Sellnick, 1928; Belba pulverulenta (C.L. Koch) Willmann, 1931; Metabelba (Metabelba) pulverulenta (C.L. Koch) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Nothrus pollinosus C.L. Koch, 1839; Damaeus verticillipes sensu Michael, 1888; Metabelba pulverosa Strenzke, 1953.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994). Counties: Kilkenny.
· Metabelba pseudopapillipes (Bulanova‒Zachvatkina, 1967)
· Original name: Neobelba pseudopapillipes Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967.
· In: Pancirnyje kleschtschi-Oribatidy. Vysshaya Shkola, Moscow, 254 pp. [in Russian].
· Historical combinations/variations: Metabelba (Neobelba) pseudopapillipe s (Bulanova-Zachvatkina) Subías, 2004.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps (unpublished data). Counties: Wicklow.
Porobelba Grandjean, 1936
· Porobelba spinosa (Sellnick, 1920)
· Original name: Oribata spinosa Sellnick, 1920.
· In: Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg, 61–62.
· Historical combinations/variations: Belba spinosa (Sellnick) Willmann, 1931; Porobelba spinosus (Sellnick) Grandjean, 1936
· Synonyms: Damaeus verticillipes sensu Michael 1855, no D. verticillipes Nicolet, 1855 (!); Belba parvula
Mihelčič, 1955; Belba parvula Mihelčič, 1956, “nom. praeoc.” by Mihelčič, 1955.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Machair foredunes, Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); moss on soil in oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and moss in canopy in oak and Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); agricultural grassland and ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015); canopy in ash forests (unpublished data).
Counties: Clare, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Wicklow.
description: 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 pages 58-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543