Liacaridae Sellnick 1928
Creators: name: Bolger, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Liacaridae

description: Family Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928
Adoristes Hull, 1916
· Adoristes ovatus (C.L. Koch, 1839) *
· Original name: Oribata ovatus C.L. Koch, 1839.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 30 (24).
· Historical combinations/variations: Leiosoma ovata (C.L. Koch) Nicolet, 1855; Leiosoma ovatus (C.L. Koch) Oudemans, 1896; Liacarus ovatus (C.L. Koch) Oudemans, 1900; Adoristes (Adoristes) ovatus (C.L. Koch) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Leiosoma truncatum Canestrini and Fanzago, 1876; Leiosoma pyrigerum Berlese, 1888; Leiosoma flavipes Oudemans, 1896; Conoppia grandis Berlese, 1908. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss and rotten wood and among pine needles (Halbert 1915); mountain blanket bogs (Wisdom et al. 2011).
Counties: Mayo and Sligo.
· Adoristes poppei (Oudemans, 1906) *
· Original name: Liacarus poppei Oudemans, 1906.
· In: Nachtrag zur Milben-Fauna der Umgegend Bremens. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom
Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen, 19, 47–67.
· Historical combinations/variations: Adoristes ovatus poppei (Oudemans) Pérez-Íñigo, 1970; Adoristes
(Adoristes) poppei (Oudemans) Subías, 2004.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Gorse bank at seashore (Purvis 1982); grassland, heather and shelter belt on peat (Longworth 1973); soil from Lawson cypress and Norway spruce forests (unpublished data; Heneghan, 1994); Sitka spruce canopy (Arroyo et al. 2009b); canopy moss and moss on soil in Sitka spruce forests, and moss on soil in oak and ash forests, and moss on soil, canopy an soil in Scots pine forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994; O’Connell and Bolger 1997; unpublished data); agricultural grassland (Arroyo et al. 2009a); Machair fore and fixed (stable) dunes (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); raised bogs, mountain blanket bogs and Atlantic blanket bogs (Wisdom et al. 2011); riparian habitat (unpublished data); ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015); canopy in ash, oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data).
Counties: Clare, Cork, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow.
Liacarus (Dorycranosus) Woolley, 1969
· Liacarus (Dorycranosus) acutus Pschorn-Walcher, 1951
· Original name: Liacarus acutus Pshorn-Walcher, 1951.
· In: Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 2 (1–2), 181.
· Historical combinations/variations: Dorycranosus acutus (Pschorn-Walcher) Arroyo et al., 2015.
· Synonyms: (?) Liacarus coracinus racovitzae Trägårdh, 1912 “sp. inq.”; Liacarus infissus Gunhold, 1953; Liacarus claviger Mihelčič, 1956; Cultroribula grandis Mihelčič, 1956; Dorycranosus infissus (Gunhold) Miko, 2016.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland (Valarasan 1971); ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Dublin and Limerick.
Liacarus (Liacarus) Michael, 1898
· Liacarus (Liacarus) coracinus (C.L. Koch, 1841) *
· Original name: Oribata coracinus C.L. Koch, 1871.
· In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, Vol. 31 (1).
· Historical combinations/variations: Leiosoma coracinum (C.L. Koch) Berlese, 1885; Liacarus coracinus (C.L. Koch) Sellnick, 1928.
· Synonyms: Leiosoma similis Nicolet, 1855; Leiosoma simile (Nicolet) Michael, 1884; Liacarus vombi Dalenius, 1950; Liacarus parvus Mihelčič, 1954; Liacarus oribatelloides Winkler, 1956; Liacarus lencoranicus Krivolutsky, 1967; Liacarus nitidulus Krivolutsky, 1967.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss and under bark (Halbert 1915), cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture on peat (Whelan 1976); agricultural grassland (Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Limerick, Mayo and Wicklow.
· Liacarus (Liacarus) nitens (Gervais, 1844)
· Original name: Oribata nitens Gervais, 1844.
· In: Aceres, Phryneides, Scorpionides, Solpugides, Phalangides et Acarides; etc. pp. 132–260 in C.A. Walckenaer (Ed.), Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Apteres, Vol. 3, 259.
· Historical combinations/variations: Leiosoma nitens (Gervais) Nicolet, 1855; Notaspis nitens (Gervais) Michael, 1898; Liacarus nitens (Gervais) Willmann, 1931.
· Synonyms: Liacarus robustus Ewing, 1918.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994). Counties: Kilkenny.
Liacarus (Liacarus) xylariae (Schrank, 1803) *
· Original name: Acarus xylariae Schrank, 1803.
· In: Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Bd. 3 Abt. 1, Philipp Krüll, Landshut, 272 pp.
· Historical combinations/variations: Liacarus xylariae (Schrank) Borcard, 1992.
· Synonyms: Oribata fusca C.L. Koch, 1841; Liacarus cuspidatus Mihelčič, 1954; Liacarus translamellatus Kulijev, 1962; Liacarus sphaericus Djaparidze, 1980.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland (Curry 1969a; Valarasan 1971). Counties: Dublin and Kildare.
Xenillus Robineau-Desvoidy, 1839
· Xenillus tegeocranus (Hermann, 1804) *
· Original name: Notaspis tegeocranus Hermann, 1804.
· In: Mémoire Aptérologique. Strassbourg. 154 pp, 93.
· Historical combinations/variations: Oribata tegeocrana (Hermann) Latreille, 1806; Cepheus tegeocranus (Hermann) Michael, 1884; Kochia tegeocrana (Hermann) Oudemans, 1900; Banksia tegeocrana (Hermann) Willmann, 1928; Xenillus (Xenillus) tegeocranus (Hermann) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Cepheus bifidatus Nicolet, 1855; Cepheus vulgaris Nicolet, 1855; Xenillus clypeator Sellnick, 1960.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss (Halbert 1907, 1915); agricultural grassland (Curry 1976; Arroyo et al. 2015); bracken bed at seashore (Purvis 1982); fungal sporocarps (O’Connell 1994); pastures and beech forests (Arroyo et al. 2009a); Machair fixed dunes (Arroyo and Bolger 2011); moss on soil in oak, ash and Scots pine forests, moss in canopy in oak forests, soil in ash forests and canopy in Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); moss on trunk in yew and oak forest (Arroyo et al. 2013c); riparian habitat (unpublished data), ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015), canopy in ash and oak forests (unpublished data). Counties: Carlow, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wexford 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 71-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543