Austrophthiracarus Balogh et Mahunka, 1978

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1024-1027

Austrophthiracarus Balogh et Mahunka, 1978

Hoplophthiracarus Jacot, 1933 (in part) Antarctoplophora Mahunka, 1980 : Niedbała 1986 Fuegoplophora Mahunka, 1980 : Niedbała 1986 Hauserophthiracarus Mahunka, 1982 : Niedbała 1986 Phthirarica Mahunka, 1982 : Niedbała 1986 Sturmacarus Balogh, 1984 : Niedbała 1986 Notophthiracarus (Calyptophthiracarus) (in part): Subías 2004 syn. nov.

Notophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) (in part): Subías 2004 syn. nov.

Type species: Austrophthiracarus radiatus Balogh et Mahunka, 1978

Diagnosis — Body integumental surface punctate or pitted, exceptionally covered with concavities. Median and lateral fields of prodorsum not fused, rostral setae inserted at distance from the end of rostrum. Notogaster with 15 pairs of setae but often neotrichous. Ventral region; nine pairs of genital setae present, genital setae arranged in two rows, setae g 6 close to, or even anteriorly of g 4, at least setae g 6 and g 7 remote from paraxial region; adanal setae well developed, remote from paraxial margin of plate.

Remark. The species of this genus have been found mostly in the southern hemisphere. However, the ranges of individual species have reached further to the North, namely to the Palearctic Region especially in its eastern margins, more specifically to the islands of Japan ( Aoki 1980a) and northern India ( Niedbała 2000).

Distribution — Semicosmopolitan