Psammogalumna Balogh, 1943

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 : 35

Genus Psammogalumna Balogh, 1943

(= Psamnogalumna Baker & Wharton, 1952 (lapsus))

Type species: Psammogalumna hungaricus ( Sellnick, 1925) (= Stictozetes hungaricus Sellnick, 1925 , p. 302)

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 clavate, fusiform, lanceolate. Dorsosejugal suture absent or present, postanal porose area absent. Notogastral setae represented by 10 pairs of short, setiform, thin setae, one pair on pteromorphs. Octotaxic system represented by porose areas, saccules absent, Aa represented by two pairs. Median pore absent in females and males. Pteromorphs clearly or indistinctly bilobed. With anal and adanal neotrichy. Without thorn-like structures behind pteromorphs and dark band anterior to genital aperture. Adanal lyrifissures located close and lateral to anal aperture. Leg tarsi with three claws. Leg setae not modified.

Statement of monophyly: Monophyletic, but nested within Pilogalumna

Distribution: Palaearctic region

Known species: three species