A new genus, with a new species, from Brazil (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae)
Author
Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De
Departamento de Fitossanidade, UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil, 14884 - 900.
Author
Heyer, Jacob Den
Setor de Zoologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, 13418 - 900. E-mail: jacob. den. heyer @ gmail. com
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Zootaxa
2008
2008-05-19
1771
54
62
journal article
11755334
Subfamily
Cunaxinae Oudemans, 1902
Type
genus:
Cunaxa
von Heyden, 1826
Den Heyer (1978
,
1979 a
, b, c and d) discussed the morphology of this subfamily in detail, dividing it into four genera, viz.
Cunaxa
von Heyden, 1826
,
Rubroscirus
Den Heyer, 1979a
,
Armascirus
Den Heyer, 1978
and
Dactyloscirus
Berlese, 1916
. Recently
Den Heyer (2007)
added another new genus,
Riscus
Den Heyer
, to the subfamily. A key is subsequently provided for genera of
Cunaxinae
.