This phytoseiid mite is recorded on Réunion Island.
In the 1 preserved adult female from a single 2015 collection, the dorsal shield was 290 micrometres long.
Female Amblydromalus nakuruensis have a smooth dorsal shield bearing hairs of different lengths. The dorsal hairs have smooth edges, while the enlarged leg hairs taper to sharp tips. Hair form and length vary with position on this tiny body.
The 2006 description was based on a female collected from a Triumphetta plant thirty-nine kilometres west of Nakuru, Kenya, on 4 December 1989. The name nakuruensis refers to nearby Lake Nakuru. Its discovery was on a terrestrial plant in the surrounding region.
In this female, one dorsal hair near the front measured thirty-four micrometres and another measured eleven. Researchers assigned labels to the positions of individual hairs and recorded their lengths. This detailed positional map helps compare closely resembling mites.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Material is documented from a Kenyan female collected in 1989 and a Réunion female collected in 2015. The 2020 paper compares one specimen from each region. For conservation, revisiting historical localities and surveying different plants would help establish the species’ distribution and habitat associations.