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.
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10 January 2022
A new species and a new combination for the subfamily Cunaxinae (Acari: Cunaxidae)
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer,
Anderson De Azevedo Meira,
Naiara Antonia Nunes Vinhas,
Noeli Juarez Ferla
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Atlantic rainforest
Brazil
Cunaxa
Dactyloscirus
South Africa