| abstract | Two new species, namely Cunaxa jacobdenheyeri Wurlitzer & Silva sp. nov. and Cunaxa butantorum Wurlitzer & Rocha sp. nov. are illustrated and described. Cunaxa jacobdenheyeri sp. nov. resembles Cunaxa heterostriata , C. jatoiensis , C. polita Kazmierski & , in , C. subita Ripka & Laniecka, in and C. minuta Laniecka & Kazmierski, in . It differs from previous species by possessing the hysterosoma with a shield bearing c2, c1–e1, by the telofemoral apophysis straight, and by chaetotaxy of the genua II with and pseudanal setae ps2 absent. Cunaxa butantorum sp. nov. resembles C. setirostris (), in , C. potchensis and C. neogazella . It differs by previous species by having the propodosomal shield partially covered by broken striae, by chaetotaxy of the genu I, II and by apophysis on palp telofemur long. |