Ulyxes, a new Australopapuan mite genus associated with arboreal nests (Acari: Laelapidae)
Author
Shaw, Matthew D.
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-10-24
3878
3
261
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3878.3.3
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Ulyxes calypso
(Domrow, 1966)
new combination
(
Figs 6–9
,
58
)
Haemolaelaps calypso
Domrow, 1966:173
.
Haemolaelaps calypso
.
—
Domrow, 1972:109; 1988: 829.
Androlaelaps calypso
.
—
Halliday, 1998: 123
.
Remarks
.
Males are unknown. Nesting material from 29 nestboxes used by
Petaurus breviceps
or
P
.
norfolcensis
in
Victoria
and SE
Queensland
were extracted and four nests were found to contain female
U
.
calypso
but no males were found. Based mainly on its small, weakly-dentate chelicerae this species can be assumed to be parasitic (
Table 3
). Its strong, long sternal setae and thickened coxal setae are likely to be adaptations for resisting grooming while in its hosts’ fur.