Unionicola (Giselatax) aberrans K.O. Viets, 1984

Smit, Harry, 2008, Australian Unionicola (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Unionicolidae), with the description of two new subgenera and eight new species, Zootaxa 1674, pp. 1-26 : 12

Unionicola (Giselatax) aberrans K.O. Viets, 1984

Unionicola (Giselatax) aberrans K.O. Viets, 1984: 425 ; Cook 1986: 164; Vidrine 1986: 235; Harvey 1998: 143.

Material examined. Queensland: 1 male, rockpool Porcupine Creek, Porcupine Creek National Park, 20° 21.039 S 144° 27.852 E, 23 October 2005. Northern Territory: 3 males, 15 females, waterhole Ormiston Gorge, Ormiston Gorge NP, 6 August 1994. Western Australia: 2 males, 19 females, 7 nymphs, Circular Pool, Hamersley Range NP, 22° 28’33.59”S 118° 33’45.31”E, 12 August 1994; 4 males, 14 females, Arthur Creek at crossing with Great Northern Highway, 23 September 1998; 1 male, 1 female, Palm Springs, S of Halls Creek, 25 September 1998.

Remarks. Previously reported from the Northern Territory (Ormiston Gorge) and Queensland, and reported here for the first time from Western Australia. Moreover, it is also known from New Guinea ( Wiles 1997).