Taxon rank: species
Nomenclatural code: ICZN
Original publication: Beron P. 2002 Zoological Results of the British Speleological Expedition to Papua New Guinea 1975. 11. Acariformes (Prostigmata): Smarididae (Trichosmaris papuana sp. n.). Historia naturalis bulgarica 15: 73–78.
Type locality: Papua New Guinea: ‘New Guinea, Western Province, top of Mt. Fugilil, 3100 m’.