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Issue: Vol. 5514 No. 5: 1 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.5.5
Page range: 481-493
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 5

New Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida) from the Merida and Zulia States, Venezuela

University of Tyumen; Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO); Tyumen; Russia
Acari galumnid mites Sacculogalumna Pergalumna Carinogalumna taxonomy morphology Neotropical region

Abstract

Three new species of the family Galumnidae (Oribatida)—Sacculogalumna zuliaensis sp. nov., Pergalumna (Pergalumna) convergens sp. nov. and Carinogalumna meridaensis sp. nov.—are described, based on adults collected from cloud forest in the Merida State, Western Venezuela, and pasture meadow in the Zulia State, Northwestern Venezuela. The genera Sacculogalumna and Carinogalumna are registered in the Venezuelan fauna for the first time. Identification keys to the known species of Sacculogalumna and Carinogalumna are provided.

 

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