Allogalumna Grandjean, 1936

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 : 15-16

Genus Allogalumna Grandjean, 1936

(= Ctenogalumna Balogh, 1960 (b)—syn.: Mahunka 1996 a)

Type species: Galumna alamellae Jacot, 1935 , p. 489

Without sexual dimorphism in prodorsum and notogaster, notogaster rounded posteriorly in both genders. Body surface without strongly developed sculpture or ornamentation. Rostrum rounded or pointed. Lamellar lines absent, sublamellar lines present, long, thin curving backwards at ventral end. Bothridial setae setiform, clavate, fusiform, lanceolate or with dilated heads unilaterally. Dorsosejugal suture and postanal porose area absent or present. Notogastral setae represented by 10 pairs of alveoli, exceptionally with 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, or distanced from anal aperture, oblique. Leg tarsi with three or one claws. Leg setae not modified.

Statement of monophyly: Non-monophyletic

Distribution: Semicosmopolitan (except Nearctic and Antarctic regions) Number of known taxa: two subgenera, 47 species