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8 November 2021 A new oribatid mite of the genus Pilogalumna Grandjean (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from northeastern Iran, with updated identification key to known species of the genus
Mohammad Ali Akrami
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Abstract

A new species of oribatid mite of the family Galumnidae is described and illustrated based on adult specimens from soil in Mashhad county, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. Pilogalumna khorasanica sp. nov. is characterised by rounded rostrum; very long interlamellar setae; long, nearly setiform, finely bilaterally barbed bothridial setae; medially interrupted dorsosejugal furrow; elongated porose areas A2, very long and narrow, ribbon shaped A3 and large body size. The new species is most similar morphologically to Pilogalumna crassiclava longiareata (Pérez-Íñigo, 1976), however, differs from it in morphology of bothridial setae and structure of notogastral porose areas, by the presence of longer interlamellar setae and larger body size. An updated identification key to known species of Pilogalumna is presented.

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Mohammad Ali Akrami "A new oribatid mite of the genus Pilogalumna Grandjean (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from northeastern Iran, with updated identification key to known species of the genus," Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(11), 2133-2144, (8 November 2021). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.26.11.13
Received: 17 July 2021; Accepted: 20 September 2021; Published: 8 November 2021
KEYWORDS
galumnid mites
morphology
Razavi Khorasan
Sarcoptiformes
taxonomy
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