A new species and a new combination for the subfamily Cunaxinae (Acari: Cunaxidae)

Abstract

A new species of Cunaxidae, namely Cunaxa bagualensis Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on females and males collected in soil and leaf litter in the Atlantic rainforest biome in a rural forest fragment in Mormaço county, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Additionally, Armascirus livingstoni Laniecka & Kazmierski, 2021 is transferred to Dactyloscirus based on some observations.

The Unique Cauda-Liked Structure Represents a New Subfamily of Cunaxidae: Description of New Taxa and Discussion on Functional Morphology

“…According to the recent literature, there are six subfamilies, 30 genera and more than 450 species described as Cunaxidae in the world [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ]. In this work, with unique hysterosoma, a new subfamily with two new genera and three new species is described in Mohan Port in Mengla county, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.…”