Neoctenogalumna Ermilov, Starý, Sandmann, Marian & Maraun, 2013

Ermilov, Sergey G. & Klimov, Pavel B., 2017, Generic revision of the large-winged mite superfamilY Galumnoidea (Acari, Oribatida) of the world, Zootaxa 4357 (1), pp. 1-72 : 29-30

Genus Neoctenogalumna Ermilov, Starý, Sandmann, Marian & Maraun, 2013 ( c)

Type species: Ctenogalumna moresonensis Engelbrecht, 1972 (a), p. 497

Without sexual dimorphism in prodorsum and notogaster, notogaster rounded posteriorly in both genders. Body surface without strongly developed sculpture or ornamentation. Rostrum rounded. Lamellar and sublamellar lines absent. Bothridial setae setiform, clavate, fusiform, lanceolate or with dilated heads unilaterally. Dorsosejugal suture present, postanal porose area absent or present. Notogastral setae represented by 10 pairs of alveoli or short, setiform, thin setae, one pair on pteromorphs. Octotaxic system represented by porose areas, saccules absent, one pair of Aa. Median pore absent or present in females and males, undivided. Pteromorphs clearly bilobed. Without thorn-like structures behind pteromorphs, dark band anterior to genital aperture and anal and adanal neotrichy.

Adanal lyrifissures located close and lateral to anal aperture. Leg tarsi with one or three claws. Leg setae not modified.

Statement of monophyly: Non-monophyletic

Distribution: Ethiopian and Neotropical regions

Number of known taxa: two subgenera, three species