Galumnidae, Jacot, 1925

Ermilov, Sergey G. & Rybalov, Leonid B., 2024, New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Gambela region, Western Ethiopia, Persian Journal of Acarology 13, pp. 395-407 : 399

Galumnidae

Allogalumna oromiaensis Ermilov, 2019 : locations 1 (1 ex.), 3 (1 ex.). Distribution : Ethiopia.

Galumna discifera Balogh, 1960 : location 4 (4 ex.). Distribution : Afrotropical, Oriental, Iran. New record of the species in Ethiopia.

Galumna gambelaensis Ermilov, 2019 : locations 1 (21 ex.), 2 (15 ex.). Distribution : Ethiopia.

Galumna nuda Engelbrecht, 1972 : locations 1 (36 ex.), 2 (32 ex.), 3 (40 ex.), 5 (1 ex.). Distribution : Afrotropical, Peru.

Galumna paracalcicola Ermilov & Anichkin, 2014 : location 9 (2 ex.). Distribution: Oriental. New record of the species in the Afrotropical region .

Pergalumna aequiporosa Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2009 : locations 1 (9 ex.), 2 (11 ex.), 3 (54 ex.). Distribution: Afrotropical.

Pergalumna tsavoensis Mahunka, 1986 : location 6 (2 ex.). Distribution : Afrotropical. New record of the species in Ethiopia.

Trichogalumna nipponica (Aoki, 1966) : locations 2 (22 ex.), 3 (12 ex.). Distribution: Semicosmopolitan.

Galumnellidae

Galumnella apiculata Mahunka, 1992 : locations 1 (8 ex.), 2 (5 ex.). Distribution: Afrotropical. Galumnella sp. : location 1 (1 ex.).

The list includes 41 species belonging to 30 genera and 20 families. One genus ( Geminozetes ) and eight species ( Novosuctobelba horrida , Geminozetes lamellatus , Unguizetes reticulatus , Scheloribates nigeriocompressus , S. ornatus , Protoribates paracapucinus , Galumna discifera , Pergalumna tsavoensis ) are reported in Ethiopia for the first time; one species ( Galumna paracalcicola ) is reported in the Afrotropical region for the first time. Except four unidentified species, four species are known only from Ethiopia, 15 are Afrotropical, one is Oriental, and 17 (including three Cosmopolitan/Semicosmopolitan species) have broad distributions (more than one geographical region).