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Original Articles

The soil mite family Galumnidae of Iran (Acari: Oribatida)

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Pages 881-917 | Received 09 Oct 2012, Accepted 11 Jul 2013, Published online: 18 Feb 2014
 

Abstract

Although a few species have been recorded in Iran, many species from the family Galumnidae remained undiscovered, and in this work we describe six new species and redescribe one known species from the northern part of the country. They are Acrogalumna lanceolata sp. nov., Allogalumna dentirostrata sp. nov., Galumna granulimorpha sp. nov., Galumna triangulata sp. nov., Galumna iranensis Mahunka et Akrami, 2001, Pergalumna iunctiporosa sp. nov., Pergalumna microtuberculata sp. nov., and the description of each species is accompanied with detailed illustrations. We also present data on habitat and biogeography of Iranian species of Galumnidae, and a key is provided for identification of all recorded species in this country.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D31C04EF-57C0-4D3F-9F06-0389EB618409

Acknowledgements

This research was partly supported by the Asia Research Centre at the National University of Mongolia, the Korea Foundation of Advanced Studies, and the Science and Technology Fund, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia. We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their critical reading of the manuscript.

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