Austrophthiracarus equisetosus (Mahunka, 1980)
Distribution: Neotropical.
Records in Ecuador: Cotopaxi (Latacunga, Cotopaxi volcano) .
Habitat: Paramo moss shrub litter.
References: Niedbała (2004): 94; Niedbała & Roszkowska (2016): 11.