A new species of Allogalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from Iran, including a key to all species of the genus

Abstract

A new oribatid mite species of the family Galumnidae, Allogalumna (Allogalumna) iranica sp. n., is described from Iranian soil. It is characterized by the rounded rostrum; long, slightly thick and barbulate interlamellar setae; medium long, thin and smooth rostral and lamellar setae; long sensilli, with densely barbed, slightly dilated lanceolate head; dorsosejugal furrow medially undeveloped; presence of median pore in females and males; large, nearly oval porose areas Aa; and large, elongated, medially narrowed postanal porose area and tridactylous legs. An identification key for the known species of Allogalumna is presented.

Oribatid mite fauna of Kocaeli City Forest (Kocaeli, Turkey)

“…Previously, Allogalumna turkeyensis Grobler, Bayram & Cobanoglu, 2004(Grobler et al, 2004 was the only member of this genus previously recorded in Turkey. Allogalumna integer is similar to Allogalumna iranica Akrami, 2015 but it differs with ciliated lamellar seta and sensillus with dilated head (Akrami, 2015). The body length of this species was described as 440-600 μm (Berlese, 1904;Mihelcic, 1957).…”

Two new species of Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida) from Mozambique

“…At present, the genus comprises two subgenera and more than 50 species, having a cosmopolitan distribution (Ermilov & Klimov 2017). Identification keys to some species of Allogalumna are given by Balogh and Balogh (2002), Akrami (2015), Ermilov and Starý (2020). Neoctenogalumna was proposed by Ermilov et al (2013) with Ctenogalumna moresonensis Engelbrecht, 1972 as type species.…”

A New Species and New Records of Oribatid Mites (Acari, Oribatida) From the Oromia Region (Ethiopia)

“…The generic and subgeneric diagnoses have been summarized by Ermilov and Klimov (2017). An identification key to many species of Allogalumna has been presented by Akrami (2015).…”