Paracunaxoides
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Ordo: Trombidiformes
Familia: Cunaxidae
Name
Paracunaxoides Smiley, 1992 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Historical review
Smiley (1992)[1] erected Paracunaxoides for a single species, Paracunaxoides newzealandicus. Den Heyer and Castro (2009)[2] 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.
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
Other References
- ↑ Smiley R (1992) The predatory mite family Cunaxidae (Acari) of the world with a new classification. Indira Publishing House, West Bloomington, Michigan, 356 pp.
- ↑ Den Heyer J, Castro T (2009) Four new cunaxoidine genera (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) and the description of two new Neotropical species. Zootaxa 2140: 1–15.
