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Two new mite species of the genus Cunaxa are described based on female specimens in Vietnam: Cunaxa oblongostriata sp. n. and C. sergeyenkoi sp. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae). Cunaxa oblongostriata… Click to show full abstract
Two new mite species of the genus Cunaxa are described based on female specimens in Vietnam: Cunaxa oblongostriata sp. n. and C. sergeyenkoi sp. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae). Cunaxa oblongostriata sp. n. differs from the related species, C. setirostris (Hermann, 1804), in having the propodosomal shield triangular and longitudinal striae between dorsal setae d1d1; while in C. setirostris, the propodosomal shield is trapezoidal and striae between setae d1d1 are transversal. Cunaxa sergeyenkoi sp. n. differs from two related species, C. bochkovi Khaustov Kuznetsov, 1998 and C. womersleyi Baker and Hoffmann, 1948, by the basifemoral chetotaxy of legs IIV: 4-4-2-1 sts; while C. bochkovi and C. womersleyi have the basifemoral chaetotaxy IIV: 3-3-3-1 sts and 4-4-3-1 sts, respectively.
Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2022
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