Arphthicarus Niedbała, 1994

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

Arphthicarus Niedbała, 1994

Austrophthiracarus Balogh and Mahunka, 1978 (in part)

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

Type species: Hoplophthiracarus latebrosus Niedbała, 1982

Diagnosis — Median and lateral sigillar fields of prodorsum not fused; lamellar setae short, length ratio of lamellar setae/prodorsum<0.2. Notogaster with 15 pairs of setae, rarely neotrichous; setae c 1 usually shorter than distance between setae c 1 and d 1. Ventral region; setae g 7-9 displaced towards the paraxial margin of anoadanal plate, almost in row with setae g 1-5, setae g 6 remote from the margin and located anteriorly of g 5, when it is placed posteriorly these setae, the distance between g 6 and g 5 is shorter than that between g 5 and g 4; adanal setae well developed, setae ad 1 remote from paraxial margin and longer than anal setae; setae ad 2 also remote from margin.

Distribution — Pantropical.