Malaconothridae Berlese 1916
Creators: name: Bolger, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Malaconothridae

description: Family Malaconothridae Berlese, 1916
Malaconothrus Berlese, 1904
· Malaconothrus monodactylus (Michael, 1888) *
· Original name: Nothrus monodactylus Michael, 1888.
· In: British Oribatidae, Vols. I and II. Ray Soc., London. 656 pp.
· Historical combinations/variations: Malaconothrus (Malaconothrus) monodactylus (Michael) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Lohmannia (Malaconothrus) egregia Berlese, 1904; Malaconothrus egregious (Berlese) Willman, 1931; Malaconothrus gracilis van der Hammen, 1952; Malaconothrus mollisetosus Hammer, 1952; Malaconothrus processus van der Hammen, 1952; Malaconothrus punctulatus van der Hammen, 1952; Malaconothrus pulcher Mihelčič, 1957; Malaconthrus (Malaconothrus) processus (van der Hammen) Subías, 2004.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Sphagnum (Halbert 1915); Iris bog and pasture at seashore (Purvis 1982; Luxton 1987); grassland, heather and shelter belt on peat (Longworth 1973); acid peat bog (Behan- Pelletier and Hill 1983); moss in canopy of Sitka spruce (Arroyo et al. 2009b); agricultural grassland and ant nest (Arroyo et al. 2015).
Counties: Dublin, Laois, Limerick, Mayo and Wexford.
Malaconothrus purvisi Luxton, 1987 *
· Original name: Malaconothrus purvisi Luxton, 1987.
· In: Mites of the genus Malaconothrus from the British islands. Journal of Natural History, 21, 199–206.
· Historical combinations/variations: Malaconothrus (Malaconothrus) purvisi (Luxton) Subías, 2004. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Wet grazed pasture and Iris Bog near seashore (Luxton 1987). Counties: Wexford.
· Malaconothrus pygmaeus Aoki, 1969
· Original name: Malaconothrus pygmaeus Aoki, 1969.
· In: Taxonomic investigations on free-living mites in the subalpine forest on Shiga Heights IBP Area. III. Cryptostigmata. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo, 12, 117–141.
· Historical combinations/variations: Malaconothrus (Malaconothrus) pygmaeus (Aoki) Subías, 2014. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994). Counties: Kilkenny.
· Malaconothrus tardus (Michael, 1888) *
· Original name: Nothrus tardus, Michael, 1888.
· In: British Oribatidae, Vols. I and II. Ray Soc., London. 656 pp.
· Historical combinations/variations: Angelia tarda (Berlese) Berlese, 1896; Trimalaconothrus tardus (Michael) van der Hammen, 1959; Malaconothrus (Trimalaconthrus) tardus (Michael) Subías, 2004. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Sphagnum (Halbert 1915); moss on trunk of yew (Arroyo et al. 2013c). Counties: Kerry and Mayo.
Tyrphonothrus Knülle, 1957
· Tyrphonothrus glaber (Michael, 1898) *
· Original name: Nothrus glaber Michael, 1888.
· In: British Oribatidae. Vols. I and II. Ray Soc., London. 656 pp.
· Historical combinations/variations: Angelia glaber (Michael) Berlese, 1896; Trimalaconothrus glaber (Michael) Willmann, 1931; Malaconothrus glaber (Michael) Halbert, 1915; Tyrphonothrus (Tyrphonothrus) glaber (Michael) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Nothrus simplex Banks, 1895
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Wet Sphagnum (Halbert 1915). Counties: Mayo.
· Tyrphonothrus maior (Berlese, 1910)
· Original name: Malaconothrus maior Berlese, 1910. · In: Acari nuovi. Manipulus V, VI. Redia, 6, 199–234.
· Historical combinations/variations: T rimalaconothrus maior (Berlese) van der Hammen, 1959; Tyrphonothrus (Tyrphonothrus) maior (Berlese) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Malaconothrus sphagnicola Trägårdh, 1910; Malaconothrus novus Sellnick, 1921; Camisia monodactyla Oudemans 1925 [misidentification]; Trimalaconothrus intermedius Cooreman, 1941; Trimalaconothrus tardus Buitendijk 1945 [misidentification]; Trimalaconothrus novus (Sellnick) sensu Longworth, 1973.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Bog, grassland and heather on peat (Longworth 1973). Counties: Mayo.
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 47-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543