Cunaxa Von Heyden, 1826

Kalúz, Stanislav & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2023, Two new species of Cunaxa (Acari, Prostigmata, Cunaxidae) from South-East Asia with a world key to the genus, Zootaxa 5239 (4), pp. 521-536 : 522-523

Genus Cunaxa Von Heyden, 1826

Type species: Scirus setirostris Hermann, 1804 , by original designation.

Generic diagnosis. Pedipalps five-segmented and surpass subcapitulum by, at most, distal half of tibiae. Femora with simple dorsolateral setae, telofemora with or without apophysis, palps with or without stout spine-like setae on genua and tibiotarsi. Subcapitulum smooth or has patches with dots, sometimes reticulated, bearing 2 pairs of adoral and 4 pairs of subcapitular setae (hg 1 –hg 4). Dorsal proterosomal shield complemented with two pairs of sensilla (at, pt) and two pairs of simple setae (lps, mps). Dorsal hysterosoma with or without shield, setae c 1 –h 1 and c 2 present, lateral hysterosomal platelets absent, dorsal shields never reticulated. Setae h 2 not obviously visible from dorsal side. Coxal plates I–II and III–IV on ventral idiosoma may be fused, coxal II– IV setal formula of adults 1-3-2. Genital area of adults with 2 pairs of genital papillae, each genital plate with 4 setae. Anal plates bear 1 pair of setae (ps 1). Striated ventral integument between coxae and genital region with up to 7 pairs of additional setae. Legs with small tarsal lobes, ambulacral claws and 4–rayed empodia. Tibia IV with long slender trichobothrium.

More details on generic features of Cunaxa are given in Smiley (1992) and Skvarla et al. (2014).