Haemolaelaps Berlese removed from synonomy with Androlaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) Author Shaw, Matthew D. text Zootaxa 2014 3841 2 285 292 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.7 8158b789-ef55-4a11-a99e-a88ccd931c98 1175-5326 230261 E2BCC62A-E739-45A2-9E31-CDACF31F0FFB Genus Haemolaelaps Berlese ( Figs 1–9 ) Laelaps ( Haemolaelaps ) Berlese, 1910 : 261 . Laelaps ( Haemolaelaps ) . — Berlese 1911 : 432 ; 1922: 94. Hypoaspis ( Haemolaelaps ) .— Berlese, 1916 : 170 ; 1918: 123. Type species Laelaps ( Haemolaelaps ) marsupialis Berlese 1910 : 261 ; by monotypy and original designation. FIGURES 1–2 . 1. Haemolaelaps marsupialis , male chelicera, from Isoodon macrourus , Pullenvale QLD, host 128; 2, Haemolaelaps domrowi , male chelicera, from Isoodon macrourus , Killarney , host 111, scale = 50 µm. FIGURES 3–10. Haemolaelaps marsupialis ex Isoodon macrourus . 3. chelicerae, note elongate pilus dentilis, from Isoodon macrourus , Brookfield QLD, host 134, scale = 10 µm; 4. ventral habitus, host 111, scale = 100 µm; 5. epistome, host 111, scale = 10 µm; 6. corniculi, note tips curved inwards, host 111, Scale = 10 µm; 7. tritosternal base, note suture (s) and lateral barbs (b), host 111, scale = 10 µm; 8. post-stigmatal plate, note enlarged median pore-like structure (m), host 111, scale = 10 µm; 9. genito-ventral shield, note seven serially regular transverse striae, host 111, scale = 100 µm. Diagnosis. Female. Dorsum . Medium-sized to large mesostigmatan mites, length 610–920. Opisthonotum without unpaired accessory Jx setae. Paired accessory setae sometimes present within dorsal hexagon of podonotum ( H . cleptusa ). Seta J2 situated posterolateral to J1. Dorsal setae barbed except in H . quartus . Seta Z5 very long (260–330) in H . cleptusa . Gnathosoma . Pilus dentilis flagelliform, not inflated ( Fig. 3 ), 25–40 long (approximately as long as movable digit), except somewhat shorter in H . hattenae (ca. 14). Pilus dentilis inserted at or close to apex of digit. Corniculi converge strongly inwards ( Fig. 6 ), weakly in H . cleptusa . Deutosternal groove with five ( H . domrowi , H . marsupialis ) or six transverse rows of denticles. Epistome a rounded lobe, with few to many denticles ( Fig. 5 ). Venter . ( Fig. 4 ) Lateral edges of tritosternal base barbed ( Fig. 7 ). Tritosternal lacinae free almost to suture ( Fig. 7 ). Presternal striae with fringes except in H . quartus and H , hattenae . Sternal shield often with elongate setae. Median pore-like structure on post-stigmatal plate enlarged (> 4µm, Fig. 8 ), obviously much larger than anterior and posterior pore-like structures. Primary metapodal platelet narrow oval, not subcircular. Setae on unsclerotised opisthogaster barbed. Genito-ventral shield with 6–8 transverse striae ( Fig. 9 ), or only five on the abbreviated shield of H . quartus . Genito-ventral shield bears st5, also sometimes Zv1, and more rarely Jv 1 in some individuals of H . cleptusa and H . hattenae . Genito-ventral shield falls short of anal shield. Post-anal seta frequently long and/or barbed. Legs . Leg setation holotrichous as defined by Evans (1963) . Genu IV with a single proximally positioned pl seta (pl2). Some leg setae always barbed: trochanter I d; femur I ad1, pd1, pd2; femur II ad1, pd1, pd2; femur III ad1; femur IV ad1, ad2. The femur, genu and tibia of leg II bear thickened ventral setae in H . domrowi . Male. Males are known for H . cleptusa , H . domrowi , H . marsupialis and H . flagellatus . Fixed digit of male distinctly reduced in known males, though only slightly so in H . marsupialis . Flagelliform pilus dentilis inserted at apex of fixed digit. Spermadactyl bent abruptly upwards. Spermadactyl tip flared in H . cleptusa . Holoventral shield bearing st1–5, circum-anal setae and five other pairs of setae.