taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B71606FF9CFF95FE0DFC0CFCEF5CF3.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Scirus setirostris Hermann 1804, by original designation.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9CFF95FE0DFC0CFCEF5CF3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Based on Skvarla et al. (2014); Kalúz and Ermilov (2023).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9CFF93FEF9FB23FE7F5CCC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Hysterosomal shield present, basifemora IV without setae; palp telofemur with cone-like apophysis, palpgenu and tibiotarsus without robust nail-like setae.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9CFF93FEF9FB23FE7F5CCC.taxon	description	Description Female (n = 3). Idiosoma 303 (295 – 305) long, 246 (246 – 250) wide. Dorsum (Figure 1). Propodosomal shield smooth, 52 (51 – 52) long, 146 (144 – 146) wide, bearing two pairs of trichobothria (at and pt), two pairs of tactile setae (lps and mps). Setae lps near pt, pt 1.2 times longer than at, mps 4.1 times longer than lps. Hysterosoma with six pairs of setae (c 1, c 2, d, e, f, h 1), and one pair of lyrifissures (ip) situated laterally to f. Hysterosomal shield smooth 128 (125 – 130) long, 160 (157 – 164) wide. Setae c 1, c 2, d and e smooth, present on hysterosomal shield, while setae f and h 1 slightly serrated present on the integument; f extending past base of h 1. Setal lengths and distances: at 197 (195 – 196), pt 235 (230 – 234), lps 7 (7 – 8), mps 29 (28 – 29), c 1 21 (22), c 2 30 (28 – 29), d 32 (32 – 33), e 28 (26 – 28), f 23 (49 – 51), h 1 30 (37 – 41), at – at 18 (16 – 18), pt – pt 115 (112 – 120), lps – lps 100 (99 – 100), mps – mps 42 (41 – 43), lps – mps 34 (34), at – lps 51 (50 – 51), pt – mps 34 (32 – 34), pt – lps 16 (15 – 16), at – mps 52 (51 – 52), at – pt 66 (64 – 65), c 1 – c 1 69 (68 – 69), c 2 – c 2 128 (127 – 128), d – d 66 (65 – 66), e – e 56 (56 – 57), f – f 14 (13 – 14), h 1 – h 1 38 (35 – 37), c 1 – c 2 38 (37), c 1 – d 47 (46 – 47), c 2 – d 39 (40 – 41), d – e 42 (42 – 43), e – f 30 (31 – 32), f – h 1 15 (15 – 16). Venter (Figure 2). Coxae I – II and III – IV contiguous and each with dotted striae. Area between coxae I – IV with simple dense longitudinal striae; areas anterior and posterior ag 1 with transverse striae. All ventral setae smooth and pointed; setae 3 a located on tiny platelets. Epimeral formula: 3 (1 a, 1 b, 1 c) - 1 (2 b) - 3 (3 b, 3 c, 3 d) - 2 (4 b, 4 c); two pairs of intercoxal setae (3 a and 4 a, 11 (11 – 16), 15 (15 – 21) long, respectively); three pairs of aggenital setae; genital plates 37 (38 – 43) long, 36 (22 – 25) wide, with four pairs of genital setae (g 1 – g 4), 16 (13 – 17), 15 (14 – 16), 16 (15 – 17) and 14 (16 – 16) in length, respectively; setae g 2 – g 3 arranged in longitudinal row; one pair of pseudanal setae. Genital papillae not visible; genital papillae not visible; one pair of pseudanal setae (ps 1), 11 (11 – 12) long; one pair of h 2, 19 (17 – 20) long, and one pair of lyrifissures (ih) close to h 2. Gnathosoma. Palp (Figure 3) five-segmented, 197 (185 – 197) long, all segments with fine denticles. Palp chaetotaxy: trochanter none; basifemur with 1 simple seta (d 1); telofemur with 1 simple seta (d) and 1 long finger-like apophysis; genu with 2 simple setae (d, l ”) and a spine-like seta (l’); tibiotarsus with 3 simple setae, of which proximal one the longest, 1 spine-like seta and 1 distal solenidion, claw well-developed. Subcapitulum (Figure 4) 131 (121 – 131) long, 82 (79 – 83) wide, two pairs of adoral setae (ads 1 – ads 2), 5 (5) and 4 (4) in length, respectively; four pairs of hypognathal setae (hg 1 – hg 4), 16 (15 – 16), 18 (16 – 18), 20 (20 – 25) and 33 (33 – 38) in length, respectively. Chelicera (Figure 5) 119 (107) long, segment I with fine papillae, segment II with sparse longitudinal striae, cheliceral seta 5 (5 – 7) in length; chela developed. Distances of hg setae: hg 1 – hg 1 3 (3 – 6), hg 2 – hg 2 7 (6 – 7), hg 3 – hg 3 25 (22 – 25), hg 4 – hg 4 62 (61 – 67), hg 1 – hg 2 20 (16 – 20), hg 2 – hg 3 46 (43 – 51), hg 3 – hg 4 20 (20 – 25). Legs (Figures 6 – 9). Lengths of leg I – IV: 328 (262 – 320), 278 (237 – 287), 303 (278 – 320) and 336 (320 – 353). Lengths of tarsi I – IV: 144 (107 – 139), 114 (93 – 120), 115 (101 – 116) and 116 (98 – 128). T smooth on tibia IV 54 (54 – 62) in length. Legs I – IV chaetotaxy as follows: coxae I – IV 3 – 1 – 3 – 2 sts; Tr I – IV: 1 – 1 – 2 – 1 sts; BFe I – IV: 4 – 4 – 3 – 0 sts; TFe I – IV 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 sts; GeI {1 asl (σ 3), 1 mst}, {2 asl (σ 1 – 2)}, 4 sts; GeII 2 asl (σ 1 – 2), 5 sts; GeIII 1 asl (σ), 5 sts; GeIV 1 asl (σ), 5 sts; TiI {2 asl (φ 1 – 2), 1 mst}, 4 sts; TiII 2 asl (φ 1 – 2), 4 sts; TiIII 1 bsl (φ), 5 sts; TiIV 1 dT, 4 sts; TaI 4 solenidia (ω 1 – 4), 1 fam., 2 eupathidia (pζ’, pζ ”), 25 sts; TaII 1 solenidion (ω), 2 eupathidia (pζ’, pζ ”), 24 sts; TaIII 26 sts; TaIV 18 sts.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9CFF93FEF9FB23FE7F5CCC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype and two paratype females, from soil under Ficus spp. (Moraceae), Mandaq, Baha, SAUDI ARABIA, 20.04.091 ° N, 42.20.125 ° E, 15 September 2021, coll. E. M. Khan and N. A. Elgoni.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9CFF93FEF9FB23FE7F5CCC.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet refers to the region (Arabian Peninsula) from which the type specimens are reported.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9CFF93FEF9FB23FE7F5CCC.taxon	discussion	Remarks The new species, C. arabica sp. n., is similar to C. violaphila Sergeyenko (2009) in having basifemora I, III and IV with 4, 3 and 0 setae, respectively. However, the new species can be distinguished from C. violaphila by the presence of hysterosomal shield (vs hysterosomal shield absent); both the propodosomal and hysterosomal shields entirely smooth (vs papillated region on propodosomal shield near the base of setae vi and laterally to setae sce), palpgenu and tibiotarsus without robust nail-like setae (vs nail-like setae present on palpgenu and tibiotarsus), telofemur III – IV each with 4 sts macroseta absent (vs each with 3 sts, macroseta present), genu I – II with 1 asl, 4 sts, (vs 2 asl, 5 sts), tibia II with 2 solenidia and 4 sts (vs 1 solenidion and 5 sts).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9AFF9DFEF1FB37FBA95C5B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Two females, Senna spp. (Fabaceae), Wadi Rahab, Asir, Saudi Arabia, 18.9.343 ° N, 42.15.356 ° E, 1 March 2024, coll. E. M. Khan. Global distribution Pakistan (Bashir and Afzal 2006), Saudi Arabia (present study).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
03B71606FF9AFF9DFEF1FB37FBA95C5B.taxon	discussion	Remarks The Saudi specimens of C. jatoiensis mostly follows the original description of the species by Bashir and Afzal (2006), except for the following few variations; gnathosoma and palp mostly smooth with very few dots visible (vs both the gnathosoma and palp dotted); dorsal setae f 1 short, not reaching to the base of setae h 1 (vs f 1 extending beyond the bases of h 1), coxae IV with 2 setae (vs coxae IV with 1 seta). Bashir and Afzal (2006) described the presence of 1 seta on coxae IV; however, 2 setae are illustrated and the dorsal pores ip present posterolaterally on hystersomal shield (vs present posteromedially of the hysterosomal shield).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2025): New species and a new record of the genus Cunaxa Von Heyden (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 929-939, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2474740
