Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch 1955
Creators: name: Bolger, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phenopelopidae

description: Family Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch, 1955
Eupelops Ewing, 1917
· Eupelops acromios (Hermann, 1804) *
· Original name: Notaspis acromios Hermann, 1804.
· In: Mémoire Aptérologique. Strassbourg. 154 pp, 91
· Historical combinations/variations: Pelops acromios (Hermann) C.L. Koch, 1840; Pelops acromias [sic] (Hermann) Halbert, 1915; Phenopelops acromios (Hermann) Kunst 1958.
· Synonyms: Acarus planicornis Schrank, 1803; Celaeno spinosa C.L. Koch, 1835; Pelops hirsutus C.L. Koch, 1844; Pelops phytophilus Berlese, 1916; Pelops kochi Jacot, 1929; Pelops planicornis (Schrank) Willmann, 1931; Eupelops planicornis (Schrank) Willmann, 1931; Phaenopelops phytophilus (Berlese) Sellnick, 1960. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss, rotten wood, pine trees and furze bushes (Halbert 1915); apple orchard (Momen 1987); fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994; O’Connell and Bolger 1997); canopy and moss in canopy in Sitka spruce forest (Arroyo et al. 2009b); canopy in oak, ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests, soil in moss in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests; moss in canopy in Sitka spruce and Scots pine (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); mountain blanket bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens (Wisdom et al. 2011); riparian habitat (unpublished data); canopy in oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data). Counties: Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo, Offaly, Sligo and Wicklow.
· Eupelops major (Hull, 1914)
· Original name: Pelops major Hull, 1914.
· In: British Oribatidae: notes on new and critical species. Naturalist, 1914, 249–250.
· Synonyms: Pelops hirtus Berlese, 1916; Pelops perarmatus Hull, 1916; Pelops simplex Berlese, 1916; Pelops differens Mihelčič, 1953; Phenopelops hirtus (Berlese) Kunst 1958; Eupelops hirtus (Berlese) Moritz, 1975; Eupelops simplex (Berlese) Tarman 1983.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Sitka spruce forest (Arroyo and Bolger 2008); Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); canopy in Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data). Counties: Galway, Laois and Wicklow.
· Eupelops occultus (C.L. Koch, 1835)
· Original name: Pelops occultus C.L. Koch, 1835.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 2(15).
· Synonyms: Pelops parvus Mihelčič, 1953; Pelops brevicuspis Knülle, 1954; Eupelops nepotulus Sellnick 1960 [misidentification].
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture on peat (Whelan 1976). Counties: Kildare.
· Eupelops plicatus (C.L. Koch, 1835) *
· Original name: Celaeno plicata C.L. Koch, 1835.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 3(18).
· Historical combinations/variations: Pelops plicatus (C.L. Koch) Oudemans, 1900; Phenopelops plicatus (C.L. Koch) Sellnick, 1960.
· Synonyms: Pelops auritus C.L. Koch, 1839; Pelops fuligineus C.L. Koch, 1839 sensu Oudemans, 1896 [misidentification]; Pelops laevigatus Nicolet, 1855; Pelops fuliginosus (C.L. Koch) Halbert, 1915; Pelops siculus Berlese, 1916; Pelops affinis Berlese, 1916; Pelops approximatus Hull, 1916; Pelops aurita (C.L. Koch) Van der Drift, 1950; Pelops acromios diversipilus Mihelčič, 1957; Pelops diversus Mihelčič, 1957; Pelops fusiger Mihelčič, 1957; Eupelops auritus (C.L. Koch) Kunst 1957; Phenopelops auritus (C.L. Koch) Kunst, 1958.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss and debris from nests of sea birds (Halbert 1915); agricultural grassland (Valarasan 1971); bog, heather and permanent pasture on peat (Longworth 1973); cutaway raised bog (Whelan 1976); acid peat bog (Behan-Pelletier and Hill 1983); grass, soil on cliff, woodland and agricultural soil (Bolger In press), Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011), raised bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens (Wisdom et al. 2011); moss in canopy in Sikta spruce forests and soil in Scots pine forests (Arroyo et al. (2012, 2013b); moss on soil and moss in canopy in oak forest (Arroyo et al. 2013c). Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Mayo, Offaly and Sligo.
Eupelops sulcatus (Oudemans, 1914) *
· Original name: Pelops sulcatus Oudemans, 1914.
· In: Acarologisches aus Maulwurfsnestern. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 10, 1–69.
· Synonyms: Pelops curtipilus Berlese, 1916; Pelops depilatus Berlese, 1916; Pelops bilobus Sellnick, 1928, Eupelops bilobus (Sellnick) Ghilarov and Krivolutsky, 1975.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland (Curry 1969, 1969a, 1973, 1976; Valarasan 1971; O’ Neill 1981).
Counties: Dublin, Kildare and Meath.
· Eupelops tardus (C.L. Koch, 1835) *
· Original name: Pelops tardus C.L. Koch, 1835.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 2(16).
· Synonyms: Pelops nepotulus Berlese, 1916; Pelops pulchellus Berlese, 1916; Eupelops nepotulus (Berlese)
Pérez-Ínigo, 1972.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Pasture, dune and Salix ditch at seashore (Purvis 1982); permanent pasture on peatland (Whelan 1986); pastures and blanket bogs (rough grazing) (Arroyo et al. 2009a); Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); agricultural grassland (Arroyo et al. 2015; unpublished data); ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015).
Counties: Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Tipperary and Wexford.
· Eupelops torulosus (C.L. Koch, 1839)
· Original name: Pelops torulosus C.L. Koch, 1839.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 30 (13).
· Synonyms: Pelops variolosus Nicolet, 1855; Pelops duplex Berlese, 1916; Phenopelops duplex (Berlese) Kunst, 1958; Eupelops duplex (Berlese) Tarman, 1973.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Salt marsh (Healy 1975; Speight and Healy 1977); Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011).
Counties: Dublin and Galway
Peloptulus Berlese, 1908
· Peloptulus gibbus Mihelčič, 1957
· Original name: Peloptulus gibbus Mihelčič, 1957.
· In: Zoologische Anzeiger, 158.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Machair fixed (stable) dunes and Machair grassland (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); agricultural grassland and ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Donegal, Galway, Limerick and Mayo.
· Peloptulus montanus Hull, 1914
· Original name: Peloptulus montanus Hull, 1914
· In: The Naturalist, 216
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Heather and shelter belt on peat (Longworth 1973; raised bogs and Atlantic blanket bogs (Wisdom et al. 2011).
Counties: Mayo, Offaly and Roscommon.
· Peloptulus phaenotus (C.L. Koch, 1844) *
· Original name: Pelops phaenotus C.L. Koch, 1844.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 39(23).
· Historical combinations/variations: Peloptulus phaeonotus [sic] (C.L. Koch) Wisdom et al., 2011. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Sphagnum (Halbert 1915); cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture on peat (Whelan 1976); pasture and dune at seashore (Purvis 1982); raised bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens (Wisdom et al. 2011).
Counties: Kildare, Mayo, Offaly and Wexford.
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 121-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543