Redescriptions and species status of the South African mites Galumna lawrencei Jacot, 1940 and Galumna natalensis Jacot, 1940 (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae), with lectotype designation

SERGEY G. ERMILOV; ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.11

Issue: Vol. 4568 No. 3: 21 Mar. 2019

Type: Article

Published: 2019-03-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.11

Page range: 581–586

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**Redescriptions and species status of the South African mites Galumna lawrencei Jacot, 1940 and Galumna natalensis Jacot, 1940 (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae), with lectotype designation**

SERGEY G. ERMILOV⁺⁻
ELIZABETH A. HUGO-COETZEE⁺⁻

Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia.

Department of Acarology, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Acari galumnid mites type material cotype systematics morphology redescription Afrotropical region

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Abstract

The main morphological traits of Galumna lawrencei Jacot, 1940 stat. nov. and Galumna natalensis Jacot, 1940 stat. nov. (Oribatida, Galumnidae) are presented based on the type material from South Africa. We consider that these species are not subspecies of Galumna maxima as was proposed originally by Jacot 1940, but independent species. A lectotype for G. lawrencei is designated, due to the mixed-species cotype series.

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