Genus Cunaxa Von Heyden, 1826

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• Cunaxa Heyden, C.H.G. von 1826. Versuch einer systematichen Einteilung der Acariden. Isis 18: 608-613.
• Scirus Hermann, J. 1804. Mémoire Aptérologique. Strasbourg : F.G. Levrault 136 pp., 9 pls.

Introduction

Hermann (1804) described the genus Scirus, with type species Scirus setirostris Hermann, 1804. Von Heyden (1826) then described the genus Cunaxa, with type species Scirus setirostris Hermann, 1804. Cunaxa is therefore a junior objective synonym of Scirus, but Cunaxa is in widespread international usage, and that usage is preserved here in the interests of stability (for example, Den Heyer & Sergeyenko, 2009). Den Heyer (1979) reviewed the nomenclatural history of these names in detail.

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Cunaxa have been reported from Australia by Waite & Gerson (1995), Noble et al. (1996), Walter (1999), Kinnear & Tongway (2004) and Adolphson & Kinear (2008).

General References

Adolphson, H. & Kinnear, A. 2008. Acari (mite) assemblages under plantations of bluegum, Eucalyptus globulus, in southwestern Australia. Pedobiologia 51: 427–437

Den Heyer, J. 1979. Descriptions of seven African species of Cunaxa von Heyden, 1826 (Actinedida : Acarida), with remarks on the genus. Phytophylactica 11: 23-42

Den Heyer, J. & Sergeyenko, A.L. 2009. Neotype designation for Cunaxa setirostris (Hermann, 1804) (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae). Zootaxa 2106: 61–68

Hermann, J.F. 1804. Mémoire Aptérologique. Strasbourg : F.G. Levrault 144 pp. 9 pls.

Heyden, C.H.G. von 1826. Versuch einer systematichen Einteilung der Acariden. Isis 18: 608-613

Kinnear, A. & Tongway, D. 2004. Grazing impacts on soil mites of semi-arid chenopod shrublands in Western Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 63–82

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

Waite, G.K. & Gerson, U. 1995. The predator guild associated with Aceria litchii (Acari: Eriophyidae) in Australia and China. Entomophaga 39: 275-280

Walter, D.E. 1999. Living on leaves: adaptations of Australian rainforest mites. pp. 73–78 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey.

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