Family Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954 Scutovertex Michael, 1879 · Scutovertex minutus (C.L. Koch, 1836) * · Original name: Cepheus minutus C.L. Koch, 1836. · In: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden, 3(12). · Historical combinations/variations: Ameronothrus minutus (C.L. Koch) Buitendijk, 1945. · Synonyms: Eremaeus ovalis siculus Berlese, 1887; Scutovertex ovalis (Berlese) Oudemans, 1900. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Agricultural grassland (Bolger 1980); dune at seashore (Purvis 1982). Counties: Wexford. · Scutovertex sculptus Michael, 1879 * · Original name: Scutovertex sculptus Michael, 1879. · In: A contribution to the knowledge of the British Oribatidae. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 2, 225–251. · Synonyms: (?) Cepheus ovalis C.L. Koch, 1841 “sp. inq.”; Eremaeus ovalis (C.L. Koch) Berlese, 1887; Scutovertex steineri Mihelčič, 1956; Scutovertex (Neoscutovertex) glaber Mihelčič, 1957; Scutovertex (Neoscutovertex) rugosus Mihelčič, 1957. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Old nests of gulls and puffins and under stones on sandhills (Halbert 1915); bog (Longworth 1973); Plantago sward (Bolger In press), pastures (Arroyo et al. 2009a); agricultural grassland and ant nests (Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Galway, Limerick and Mayo.

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 page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543