Abstract
The oribatid mite genus Galumna (Oribatida, Galumnidae) is recorded for the first time in Nepal. A new species, Galumna tetraporosa sp. n., is described from soil of secondary mixed broadleaved forest. It is most similar morphologically to G. tokyoensis Aoki, 1966 and G. valida Aoki, 1994, however, it differs from both by the absence of interlamellar setae and the presence of two pairs of notogastral porose areas Aa. Galumna granalata Aoki, 1984 is redescribed on the basis of specimens from Nepal. Galumna floridae (Jacot, 1929) and G. hexagona Balogh, 1960 are transferred to the genus Notogalumna; G. mauritii Mahunka, 1978 is transferred to the genus Dimidiogalumna.
Highlights
Galumna is a genus that was proposed by Heyden (1826) with Notaspis alatus Hermann, 1804 as type species
An identification key to many species of Galumna has been presented by Balogh and Balogh (2002)
In the course of taxonomic identification of Nepalese Galumna, we discovered two species: G. granalata Aoki, 1984 and a new one
Summary
Galumna is a genus that was proposed by Heyden (1826) with Notaspis alatus Hermann, 1804 as type species. It comprises more than 170 species having a cosmopolitan distribution (for example, Subías 2004, online version 2014). The main generic characters are summarized by Ermilov et al (2013).
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