Pergalumna paraobsidiana, Ermilov, 2024

Ermilov, Sergey G., 2024, Additions to the oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) fauna of Guatemala, with description of a new species of Pergalumna, Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (3), pp. 361-373 : 367

Galumnidae

Galumna flabellifera Hammer, 1958 : location 1 (6 ex.). Distribution : Tropical and Subtropical. Galumna laselvae P. Balogh, 1997 : location 1 (1 ex.) . Distribution : Neotropical. Galumna sp. : location 1 (1 ex.) . Pergalumna horvathorum P. Balogh, 1997 : location 5 (12 ex.). Distribution : Northern Neotropical. Pergalumna paraboliviana Ermilov & Gwiazdowicz, 2015 : location 4 (39 ex.) . Distribution : Peru. Pergalumna paraobsidiana sp. nov.: location 5 (6 ex.) . Pergalumna sp. : locations 1 (1 ex.), 4 (3 ex.). Trichogalumna nipponica (Aoki, 1966) : location 4 (3 ex.). Distribution : Semicosmopolitan .

Galumnellidae

Galumnopsis holoscripta Grandjean, 1931 : location 5 (2 ex.). Distribution: Neotropical.

The list includes 98 species belonging to 68 genera and 43 families. Of the 79 species (except one new species and 18 unidentified species), seven species are known only from Guatemala, one is Nearctic, one is European, 31 are Neotropical, and 27 (including 12 Cosmopolitan/Semicosmopolitan species) have broad distributions (more than one geographical region). Except Nothrus willmanni , Sacculobates horologiorum , Peloribates longisetosus , 18 unidentified species and the seven Guatemalan species, the other species (70) are recorded for the first time in Guatemala.