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

description: Family Nanhermanniidae Sellnick, 1928
Nanhermannia Berlese, 1913
· Nanhermannia dorsalis (Banks, 1896) *
· Original name: Carabodes dorsalis Banks, 1896.
· In: New North American spiders and mites. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23, 57–77.
· Historical combinations/variations: Nanhermannia (Nanhermannia) dorsalis (Banks) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Nanhermannia coronata Berlese, 1913; Nanhermannia nana (Nicolet, 1855) sensu Willmann, 1931 [misidentification]; Nanhermannia hiemalis Fujikawa, 2003.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Lichen (Seyd 1992); fungal sporocarps (O’Connell and Bolger 1997); arable field (Avena and corn crops), pastures, broadleaved forestry, Sitka spruce forests, mixed Norway Sitka and lodgepole pine forests, raised and blanket bogs (Arroyo et al. 2009a); raised bogs, mountain blanket bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens (Wisdom et al. 2011); moss in canopy in Sitka spruce forest (Arroyo et al. 2009b), moss on soil in ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests, soil in Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and moss in canopy in ash and Scots pine forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015); canopy in oak and Sitka spruce forests (unpublished data).
Counties: Carlow, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.
· Nanhermannia elegantula Berlese, 1913 *
· Original name: Nanhermannia elegantula Berlese, 1913.
· In: Acari nuovi. Manipulus VII, VIII. Redia, 9, 77–111.
· Historical combinations/variations: Nanhermannia (Nanhermannia) elegantula (Berlese) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Nanhermannia nana sensu Buitendijk, 1943; Nanhermannia areolata Strenzke, 1953. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland (Curry 1969a, unpublished data); Salix litter on cutaway bog (unpublished data).
Counties: Kildare and Offaly.
· Nanhermannia nana (Nicolet, 1855) *
· Original name: Nothrus nanus 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: Hermannia nana (Nicolet) Berlese, 1885; Nanhermannia nanus
(Nicolet) Halbert, 1915; Hermannia nanus (Nicolet) Oudemans, 1900; Nanhermannia (Nanhermannia) nana
(Nicolet) Subías, 2004.
· Synonyms: Nanhermannia elegantula sensu Sellnick, 1928 [misidentification]; Nanhermannia dorsalis
elegantula Jacot, 1937.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss (Halbert 1907, 1915); agricultural grassland (Curry 1976, Arroyo et al. 2015), Iris bog at seashore (Purvis 1982), cutaway raised bogs, heather, shelter belt on peat and permanent pasture (both soil and herbage) (Longworth 1973; Whelan 1986; unpublished data); acid peat bog (Behan-Pelletier and Hill 1983); bog (unpublished data); fungal sporocarps (O’ Connell and Bolger 1997); Salix litter on cutaway bog (unpublished data); moss, Sphagnum, soil on cliff, woodland, rushes, Plantago sward, grass and agricultural soil (Bolger In press), pastures, broadleaved forestry (birch) and Norway spruce and lodgepole pine mixed forests (Arroyo et al. 2009a); moss on soil in ash, Scots pine and Sitka spruce forests and soil in Sitka spruce forests (Arroyo et al. 2012, 2013b); ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015).
Counties: Dublin, Kildare, Limerick, Mayo, Monaghan, Offaly, Sligo, Tipperary, 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 50-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543