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Gnathosoma. Pedipalps 5-segmented and reach beyond the subcapitulum by at most the distal half of the tibiotarsi. Basifemoral seta simple or spine-like. Telofemoral seta spine-like. Pedipalps end in a stout claw. Subcapitulum bears 6 pairs of setae: 2 pairs of adoral setae and 4 pairs of subcapitular setae (hg1–4). Setae hg1 long and bent.
Idiosoma, dorsal. Proterosoma covered in a shield which bears 4 pairs of setae: 2 pairs of simple setae (lps and mps) and 2 pairs of setose sensilla (at and pt). Dorsal hysterosoma median plate present, fused to proterosomal shield; 1 to 5 pairs of dorsolateral plates present. Plates and shields smooth or reticulated. Seven pairs of setae present on the dorsal hysterosoma (c1–f1, c2, h2). Unsclerotized integument striated.
Idiosoma, ventral. Coxae I–II fused, coxae III–IV fused; coxae may coalesce medially for form a sternal shield. Each pair of coxae complemented with 3 pairs of setae. The genital plates each bear 4 setae; 2 pairs of genital papillae visible underneath the plates. 4–9 pairs of setae present on the integument between coxae II and the genital plates. Anal plates complemented with 2 pairs of setae (ps1-2). Two pairs of setae (h2, pa) located on the integument near the anal plates. Cupule ih present in close proximity to h2. Legs shorter than idiosoma; they are never constricted apically so as to end in lobes. Trichobothrium on leg tibia IV present. Ambulacral claws on either side of a four-rayed empodium present.
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- Michael J. Skvarla, J. Ray Fisher, Ashley P. G. Dowling
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- Skvarla M, Fisher J, Dowling A (2014) A review of Cunaxidae (Acariformes, Trombidiformes): Histories and diagnoses of subfamilies and genera, keys to world species, and some new locality records ZooKeys 418: 1–103
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- Michael J. Skvarla
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- J. Ray Fisher
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- Ashley P. G. Dowling