Allocunaxa Den Heyer & Castro, 2008

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 : 43

Allocunaxa Den Heyer & Castro, 2008

Historical review.

Den Heyer and Castro (2008a) erected Allocunaxa for Allocunaxa heveae .

Diagnosis.

Gnathosoma. Pedipalps 5-segmented, end in a strong claw, and extend beyond the subcapitulum by at least the last segment. Pedipalpal apophyses absent. Basifemora complemented with a long simple seta and telofemora with a short simple seta; these two segments fused, although a line remains visible and they can thus be differentiated. Telofemora and genu nearly fused, although a line remains visible and they can thus be differentiated. Subcapitulum complemented with 6 pairs of setae (hg1-4 and 2 pairs of adoral setae) and covered by integumental papillae.

Idiosoma, dorsal. Proterosoma with an ill-defined, weakly sclerotized shield that bears 2 pairs of setose sensillae (at and pt) and 2 pairs of simple setae (lps and mps). 7 pairs of setae, c1-2, d1-h1, present. Cupule im present, usually posteriolaterad of e1. Integument striated.

Idiosoma, ventral. Coxae I and II fused. Coxae III and IV fused. Genital plates each bear 4 setae; 2 pairs of genital papillae visible underneath the plates. Integument between plates striated and bears 4 pairs of additional setae. Legs shorter than the body. Leg 4 longest. Famulus on tarsi I normally shaped. Tarsi constricted apically, resulting in large tarsal lobes. Trichobothrium on leg tibia IV present. Ambulacral claws on either side of a 4-rayed empodium present.