SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTION OF LEPTOGALUMNA (AEGYPTOGALUMNA) MASTIGOPHORA (AL-ASSIUTY, ABDEL-HAMID, SEIF ET EL-DEEB, 1985) COMB. N. (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, GALUMNIDAE)

About authors:

Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva,

Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Luis S. Subías,

Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Annotation:

The type species of the monotypic oribatid mite genus Aegyptogalumna Al-Assiuty, Abdel-Hamid, Seif et El-Deeb, 1985 (Galumnidae) is redescribed on the basis of specimens from Spain. We discuss the taxonomic status of the genus and propose to consider it a subgenus of Leptogalumna Balogh, 1960: Leptogalumna (Aegyptogalumna) stat. nov. Accordingly, the type species is recombined to Leptogalumna (Aegyptogalumna) mastigophora (Al-Assiuty, Abdel-Hamid, Seif et El-Deeb, 1985) comb. n.

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