S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 58. (Budapest, 1997)

a cylindrical distal end. Among the latter ones setae adi and ad

2 very short, much shorter than adj. Legs: All legs typical for the genus. The legs' chaetotaxy is of the "complete type", with setal formulae: I: 1-4-2+2-5+1-17+3-1 (Fig. 5). IV: 2-1-1-2+1-10-1. Setae d on femur I bifurcate at its distal end. Material examined: Holotype (1589-HO-97): Papua New Guinea, Mt. Wilhelm, 4180 m, near to peak II, with N exposition, in a warm depression, below Coprosoma diFigs 4-6. Notophthiracarus alpinus sp. n. - 4: anogenital region in lateral view, 5: leg I, 6: anogenital region in ventral view