Systematic placement of some taxa in the family Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida)
Author
Ermilov, Sergey G.
Author
Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj
text
Zootaxa
2015
3964
4
489
493
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3964.4.8
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Allogalumna brevisetosa
(
Bayartogtokh & Weigmann, 2005
)
comb. nov.
(Fig. 6)
The species
Acrogalumna brevisetosa
was described by
Bayartogtokh and Weigmann (2005)
from
Mongolia
. The authors included it in the genus
Acrogalumna
Grandjean, 1956
. However, representatives of
Acrogalumna
differ from those of
Allogalumna
by the presence of sexual dimorphism in the morphology of medial pore (versus sexual dimorphism absent). We studied the morphology of the
holotype
and
paratypes
of
Ac. brevisetosa
and established that medial pore always absent absolutely in female and male. Hence, based on our research and generic diagnosis of
Allogalumna
(see
Ermilov
et al
. 2013
), we propose the following change:
Allogalumna brevisetosa
(
Bayartogtokh & Weigmann, 2005
)
comb. nov.
In the original description,
Bayartogtokh and Weigmann (2005)
stated that the sublamellar line is present, weakly developed, but the authors did not show it in the illustration (
Fig. 1
b; p. 90). Therefore, we studied the
type
specimens again, and clarified that line
S
is clearly developed in this species.