Qunaxella Den Heyer & Castro, 2009

Skvarla, Michael J., Fisher, J. Ray & Dowling, Ashley P. G., 2014, A review of Cunaxidae (Acariformes, Trombidiformes): Histories and diagnoses of subfamilies and genera, keys to world species, and some new locality records, ZooKeys 418, pp. 1-103 : 36-37

Qunaxella Den Heyer & Castro, 2009

Historical review.

Den Heyer and Castro (2009) erected Qunaxella for a single species, Qunaxella triasetosa .

Diagnosis.

Gnathosoma. Pedipalps 3-segmented. Femurogenu complimented with 5 sts. Tibiotarsi at least twice as long as wide and complemented with 5 sts, 1 asl. Subcapitulum with 6 pairs of setae (hg1 - 4 and 2 pairs of adoral setae).

Idiosoma, dorsal. Proterosoma with weakly defined shield present which is complemented with 2 pairs of setae (lps and mps) and 2 pairs of setose sensillae (at and pt). Dorsal hysterosoma lacks a plate. Setae c1 - h1, c2, and h2 present. Setae c1 - f1 finely setose and c2, h1, and h2 smooth. Setae f2 absent. Integument not covered in shields or plates striated.

Idiosoma, ventral. Coxae weakly sclerotized and ill-defined. Coxae I-II fused. Coxae III-IV fused. Genital plates each bear 4 setae (g1 - 4); 2 pairs of genital papillae visible underneath the plates. Integument not covered in shields or plates striated. Legs. Basifemora I-IV setal formula 3-4-2-0 sts. Telofemora I-IV setal formula 4-4-3-3. Tibiae III with 1 bsl, 5 sts. Tibiae IV with 5 sts (4 short, 1 long).