Nanohystrix, Norton, Roy A. & Fuangarworn, Marut, 2015

Norton, Roy A. & Fuangarworn, Marut, 2015, Nanohystricidae n. fam., an unusual, plesiomorphic enarthronote mite family endemic to New Zealand (Acari, Oribatida), Zootaxa 4027 (2), pp. 151-204 : 154

Nanohystrix n. gen.

Type species: Nanohystrix hammerae n. sp.

Diagnosis and description. As for family.

Etymology. The genus name is derived from the Latinized Greek word for porcupine (hystrix), prefaced by that for dwarf (nano). It relates to the long defensive hairs, which—based on postures of dead specimenspresumably trail behind the mite until they are erected upon disturbance.