Paracunaxoides Smiley, 1992

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 : 31

Paracunaxoides Smiley, 1992

Historical review.

Smiley (1992) erected Paracunaxoides for a single species, Paracunaxoides newzealandicus . Den Heyer and Castro (2009) state that Paracunaxoides could be synonomyous with Cunaxoides but refrained from sinking the genus as they had not examined the type material.

Diagnosis.

Gnathosoma. Pedipalps 3-segmented. Femerogenu complimented with 5 setae. Tibiotarsi at least twice as long as wide and complemented with 3 setae. Tibiotarsi possess a stout, spine-like apophysis. Subcapitulum with 4 pairs of setae (hg1 - 4); setae hg2-4 subequal. Adoral setae absent.

Idiosoma, dorsal. Proterosoma complemented with 2 pairs of setae (lps and mps) and 2 pairs of setose sensillae (at and pt). A pair of oval shields formed by flat, bacillus-like striae present between the sensillae. Setae c1 - h1, c2, and h2 present. Setae f2 absent. Integument not covered in shields or plates is striated.

Idiosoma, ventral. Coxae sclerotized and well-defined. Coxae I-II thinly connected. Coxae III-IV more broadly connected. Genital plates each bear 4 setae (g1 - 4); 2 pairs of genital papillae visible underneath the plates. Anal plates bear 1 pair of setae; 1 pair of setae present ventrally on the integument near the anal plates. Integument not covered in shields or plates is striated. Legs. Trichobothrium on tibia IV present.