Galumna flagellata Willmann, 1925

Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, Zootaxa 4089 (1), pp. 1-81 : 75

Galumna flagellata Willmann, 1925

Distribution in Georgia. W: Kolkheti National Park, Phurtio, Phushurkauli, Tskaltubo, Racha range, Mghvimevi, Sairme; E: Dmanisi, Gergeti, Tbilisi, Dedoplitskaro* (Murvanidze et al. 2013; Murvanidze & Mumladze 2014; Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)

Global distribution. Palaearctic

Ecology. Forest and meadow soils

Remark. G. flagellata is described to have prolonged Aa areae porosae laying parallel to the pteromorphs (Shaldybina 1975; Weigmann 2006). Individuals found in steppe soil in Dedoplitskaro have rounded triangular Aa with tip directed to the centre and being of the same size as other areae porosae. This character with combination of round A1, oval A2 and A3, presence of median pore and setiform sensillus led us to think that we have encountered Galumna dimorpha Krivolutskaja, 1954 . However, when checking the male individuals we have not found merged A2 and A3 area porosae. All characters in male and female individuals were similar. So we identified these individuals as G. flagellata and think that the shape of Aa should be considered as variable from oblong to rounded triangular.