Bonzinae
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Ordo: Trombidiformes
Familia: Cunaxidae
Name
Oudemans, 1927 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Historical review
Oudemans (1927)[1] erected Bonzia within Cunaxidae for Bonzia halacaroides. Smiley (1975)[2] erected Parabonzia for Bonzia bdelliformis. Den Heyer (1975)[3] erected Cunabdella for Cunabdella marthae. Den Heyer (1977b)[4] erected Bonzinae for the two genera; he also moved Cunabdella marthae to Parabonzia, effectively synonymizing Cunabdella with Parabonzia.
Diagnosis
Gnathosoma. Pedipalps 5-segmented and reach beyond the subcapitulum by at most the distal half of the tibiae. Apophyses absent. A multi-branched seta present dorsally on the telofemora. Tibiotarsi terminate in a stout claw or two strong setae. 2 pairs of adoral setae present or absent. Subcapitulum with 4 pairs of setae (hg1–4) present in Bonzia; up to 6 pairs of subcapitular setae (hg1-4 + additional setae) present in Parabonzia.
Idiosoma, dorsal. Proterosoma bears a shield complemented with 2 pairs of setae (at and pt) and 2 pairs of setose sensillae (lps and mps). Dorsal hysterosoma may bear a shield; if a shield is present it may be complemented with a variable number of setae depending on the extent of the shield. Setae c1–h1, c2, f2 and h2 present and are smooth or spiculate. Cupule im present laterad and caudally of e1. Integument that does not bear shields or plates is striated.
Idiosoma, ventral. Coxae I–II fused or not and coxae III–IV fused or not. Genital plates bear 4–9 setae; 2 pairs of genital papillae visible underneath the plates. Up to 4 pairs of setae present on the anal plates. Up to 9 pairs of setae present on the integument between coxae II and the anal plates. Legs. Trichobothrium present on leg tibia IV. The ambulacral claws occur on either side of a 4-rayed empodium.
Key to adult female Bonziinae
(modified from Smiley 1992[5])
Taxon Treatment
- Skvarla, M; Fisher, J; Dowling, A; 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: 1-103. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Oudemans A (1927) Acari van het Eiland Heridia. Acarologische Aantekeningen LXXXVIII. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 7(157): 257–268.
- ↑ Smiley R (1975) A generic revision of the mites of the family Cunaxidae (Acarina). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 68(2): 227–244.
- ↑ Den Heyer J (1975) A new genus Cunabdella (Prostigmata: Acari) with a description of a new species from the Ethiopian Region. Acarologia 16(4): 664–670.
- ↑ Den Heyer J (1977b) Bonzinae, a new subfamily of the Cunaxidae (Prostigmata: Acari). Acarologia 19(4): 601–618.
- ↑ Smiley R (1992) The predatory mite family Cunaxidae (Acari) of the world with a new classification. Indira Publishing House, West Bloomington, Michigan, 356 pp.
