NEW SYNONYMS OF THE SUBFAMILY AND GENUS RANKS IN THE FAMILY CUNAXIDAE (ACARI: BDELLOIDEA)

About authors:

Alexander A. Khaustov, e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Andrei V. Tolstikov,  e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Acknowledgments:

This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of the Carbon Measurement Test Area in Tyumenskaya Oblast (FEWZ2024-0016).

Annotation:

Based on the examination of females and males of Armascirus taurus, collected from Cuba, we have confirmed a complete similarity between the genera Armascirus Den Heyer and Brevicaudus Chen and Jin, as well as between subfamilies Cunaxinae Oudemans and Cunaxicaudinae Chen and Jin. Therefore, we consider the genus Brevicaudus and the subfamily Cunaxicaudinae as junior objective synonyms of the genus Armascirus and the subfamily Cunaxinae, respectively. Thus, the genus Cunaxicaudus is moved from the subfamily Cunaxicaudinae to Cunaxinae.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2024-32-2-169-174

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