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Issue: Vol. 4750 No. 3: 12 Mar. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.3.12
Page range: 441–442
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Galumna capensis dissimilis Engelbrecht, 1969, a junior synonym of Galumna lawrencei Jacot, 1940 (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae), with remarks on type material

Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), 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 taxonomy synonymy

Abstract

The morphology of adult instars of two South African oribatid mites Galumna lawrencei Jacot, 1940 and Galumna capensis dissimilis Engelbrecht, 1969, is analyzed, resulting in the following new taxonomic proposal: G. lawrencei Jacot, 1940 (=G. capensis dissimilis Engelbrecht, 1969 syn. nov.). Comparison was based on the lectotype and paralectotypes (for G. lawrencei) and on the holotype and paratypes (for G. capensis dissimilis). Comments are made on the type material.

 

References

  1. Engelbrecht, C.M. (1969) Some South African species of the genus Galumna Von Heyden, 1826 (Acari: Galumnidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 32 (1), 99–122.

    Ermilov, S.G. & Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. (2019) Redescriptions and species status of the South African mites Galumna lawrencei Jacot, 1940 and Galumna natalensis Jacot, 1940 (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae), with lectotype designation. Zootaxa, 4568 (3), 581–586.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.11

    Jacot, A.P. (1940) New oribatid mites from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 9 (3), 391–400.