Ulyxes ulixes (Domrow, 1972) Shaw, 2014

Shaw, Matthew D., 2014, Ulyxes, a new Australopapuan mite genus associated with arboreal nests (Acari: Laelapidae), Zootaxa 3878 (3), pp. 261-290 : 285

Ulyxes ulixes (Domrow, 1972) new comb.

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Haemolaelaps ulysses . — Domrow, 1964:156 (misidentification)

Haemolaelaps ulixes Domrow, 1972a: 112 ; 1988: 833.

Androlaelaps ulixes . — Halliday, 1998: 123.

Additional material: 1 female, Bauple State Forest , 8 Dec 1999, M. Shaw, K. Wormington, ex tree hollow in stag ca. 10 metres high occupied by regularly resident Petauroides volans Greater Glider, material vacuumed from floor of hollow one hour after glider left for nightly feeding, nest 279 .

Remarks. This species is only known from Petauroides volans , the Greater Glider. Based on its small chelicerae, and the single weak tooth in the fixed digit, this species is assumed to be parasitic ( Table 3 ).

Figures

FIGURES 52–57. Male chelicerae. 52, Ulyxes telemachus, Kioloa, NSW;53, U. penelope, Boho, Victoria; 54, U. ulixes Bauple SF, Queensland; 55, U. sisyphus, Timbillica; 56, U. euryclea; 57, U. laertes, Mt Clunie, NSW. All to same scale bar = 100 µm.