Limnozetidae Thor 1937
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Family Limnozetidae Thor, 1937
Limnozetes Hull, 1916
· Limnozetes amnicus Behan-Pelletier, 1989
· Original name: Limnozetes amnicus Behan-Pelletier, 1989.
· In: Canadian Entomologist, 21 (6).
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Raised bogs (Arroyo et al. 2009a); raised bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens (Wisdom et al. 2011); agricultural grassland (Piotrowska 2010). Counties: Cork, Galway, Mayo, Offaly and Roscommon.
· Limnozetes ciliatus (Schrank, 1803)
· Original name: Acarus ciliatus Schrank, 1803.
· In: Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Bd. 3 Abt. 1, Philipp Krüll, Landshut, 272 pp.
· Synonyms: Oribata sphagni Michael, 1880; Limnozetes sphagni (Michael) Sellnick, 1928; Limnozetes ciliatus foveolatus Willmann, 1939; Limnozetes canadensis Hammer, 1952. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Moss on stones in small streams and amongst wet Sphagnum (Halbert 1915), bog, grassland, heather and shelter belt on peat (Longworth 1973); raised bogs, Atlantic blanket bogs and fens (Wisdom et al. 2011).
Counties: Mayo and Offaly.
· Limnozetes rugosus (Sellnick, 1923)
· Original name: Ceratozetes rugosus Sellnick, 1923.
· In: Systemtischer Anhang. 1. Oribatiden. In, Hamisch, O. Studien zur Ökologie und Tiergeographie der Moore. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, 51, 160–165.
· Synonyms: Oribata sphagni sensu Halbert.
Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Halbert (unpublished notes, no habitat provided); bog, grassland, heather and shelter belt on peat (Longworth 1973); cutaway raised bog and permanent pasture on peat (Whelan 1976); salt marsh (Healy 1975; Speight and Healy 1977).
Counties: Antrim, Dublin, Kildare and Mayo.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Limnozetidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Sarcoptiformes
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Thor
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Limnozetidae Thor, 1937 sec. Bolger, 2017
References
- Hull, J. E. (1916) Terrestrial Acari of the Tyne province. Transactions of the Natural History Society Northumberland, 4, 381 - 423.
- Arroyo, J., Keith, A. M., Schmidt, O. & Bolger, T. (2009 a) Mite abundance and richness in an Irish survey of soil biodiversity with comments on some newly recorded species. Irish Naturalist Journal, 33 (1), 19 - 27.
- Wisdom, R., Arroyo, J. & Bolger, T. (2011) A survey of the Oribatida and Mesostigmata (Acarina) of Irish peatlands. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 35, 130 - 149.
- Piotrowska, K. (2010) The effects of grassland plant species composition and diversity on earthworm, mite and soil microbial communities. PhD thesis, University College Dublin, Dublin, 267 pp.
- Halbert, J. N. (1915) Clare Island survey. 39. Acaridina ii. Terrestrial and marine Acarina. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31 (39), 45 - 136.
- Longworth, T. J. (1973) Some aspects of the ecology of the acari of virgin and reclaimed blanket bog at Glenamoy, Co. Mayo. National University of Ireland. PhD thesis, University College Dublin, Dublin, 76 pp.
- Whelan, J. (1976) A comparative study of the acarine fauna of permanent pasture and of the new leys on cutaway raised bog at Lullymore, Co. Kildare. Ph. D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Dublin, 223 pp.
- Healy, B. (1975) Fauna of the salt-marsh, North Bull Island, Dublin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 75 B, 225 - 244.
- Speight, M. C. D. & Healy, B. (1977) Arachnida and Insecta. In: Jeffrey, D. W., Goodwillie, R. N., Healy, B., Holland, H., Jackson, J. S. & Moore, J. (Eds.), North Bull Island Dublin Bay - a modern coastal natural history. The Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, pp. 147 - 156.