Cunaxa Von Heyden, 1826

Kalúz, Stanislav & Starý, Josef, 2018, Two new species of the family Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Madagascar, Zootaxa 4378 (4), pp. 549-562 : 556

Genus Cunaxa Von Heyden, 1826

Generic diagnosis. Five–segmented pedipalps reach beyond 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 seta on genua and tibiotarsi. Subcapitulum smooth or patterned (never reticulated) and bears 2 pairs of adoral and 4 pairs of subcapitular setae. Dorsal proterosomal shield complemented with two pairs of sensillae (vi, sce) and two pairs of simple sete (ve, sci). Dorsal hysterosoma with or without shield, setae c1–h1 and c2 present, lateral hysterosomal platelets absent, dorsal shields never reticulated. Setae h2 not visible from dorsal side. Coxae I–II and III–IV on ventral idiosoma may be fused, coxal II–IV setal formula 1–3–2. Genital area with 2 pairs of genital papillae, each genital plate with 4 setae. Anal plates bear 1 pair of setae (ps1). Striated ventral integument between coxae and genital region bears 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 shown in Skvarla et al. (2014).