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A New Subspecies of the Genus Galumna Heyden 1826 (Acarina: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from Maharashtra, India


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1 Department of Zoology, Narasinha Dutt College, 129, Belilious Lane, Howrah-711101, India
2 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
3 Department of Zoology, Kalyani University, Kalyani-741235, India
 

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von Heyden (1826) established the genus Galumna with Notaspis alata Hermann, 1804 from Germanyas the type underthe family Galumnidae Jacot, 1925. The super family Galumnoidea Jacot, 1925 is one of the superfamilies under suborder Cryptostigmata of the order Acarina. These mites are commonly known as galumnid mites. The“characteristically-shaped” galumnid mites possess two wing-like “pteromorphae” at both sidesofnotogastergivingthema conspicuous look. Most of these mites are highly pigmented and heavily sclerotized.
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  • A New Subspecies of the Genus Galumna Heyden 1826 (Acarina: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from Maharashtra, India

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Shampa Sarkar
Department of Zoology, Narasinha Dutt College, 129, Belilious Lane, Howrah-711101, India
A. K. Sanyal
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
S. Chakrabarti
Department of Zoology, Kalyani University, Kalyani-741235, India

Abstract


von Heyden (1826) established the genus Galumna with Notaspis alata Hermann, 1804 from Germanyas the type underthe family Galumnidae Jacot, 1925. The super family Galumnoidea Jacot, 1925 is one of the superfamilies under suborder Cryptostigmata of the order Acarina. These mites are commonly known as galumnid mites. The“characteristically-shaped” galumnid mites possess two wing-like “pteromorphae” at both sidesofnotogastergivingthema conspicuous look. Most of these mites are highly pigmented and heavily sclerotized.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v113i1.168864