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 text Zootaxa 2008 2008-05-19 1771 54 62 journal article 1175­5334 Genus Cunaxatricha gen. nov. Type species: Cunaxatricha tarsospinosa sp.nov. This genus can be distinguished from other genera by the following set of characteristics: trichobothrium on tibiae IV lacking; apophyses on palps lacking; hg4 seta is not placed on the coxal region, but between hg2 and hg3 ; distal anteroventral spine-like setae on tarsi I and II; peg organ ( peo ) on tarsi I clearly present in the immature stages and adults set in a deep depression; tarsal lobes not prominent; femur I and II not completely divided into basifemur and telofemur; triplex setae occur on genu I; genital setae placed in straight line; genital papillae not visible, perhaps poorly developed; dorsal shield finely reticulated; hysterosomal shield absent in females but present in males.