Galumnidae, Jacot, 1925

ErmilovK, Sergey G. & RybalovK, Leonid B., 2024, New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia: results of the Joint Russian-Ethiopian Biological Expedition in Bale Mountains National Park (2023), Acarologia 64 (3), pp. 891-906 : 898

Galumnidae

• Pergalumna makarovae Ermilov, Sidorchuk and Rybalov, 2010 : locations 1 ( 1 ex.), 18 ( 38 ex.), 19 ( 67 ex.). Distribution: Ethiopia.

• Taeniogalumna behanae Ermilov, Sidorchuk and Rybalov, 2010 : location 15 ( 1 ex.). Distribution: Ethiopia.

The list includes 71 species belonging to 44 genera and 29 families. Nine species

( Hypochthonius rufulus , Microppia minus , Oxyoppia ( Oxyoppiella) saskai , Separatoppia robusta , Quadroppia ( Coronoquadroppia) circumita , Mahunkaia gracilis , Scheloribates concentricus , S. elsi , S. tricarinus ), three genera Hypochthonius (, Brachioppiella , Quadroppia )

and two families ( Hypochthoniidae , Quadroppiidae ) are reported in Ethiopia for the first time. Twenty-three species are known only from Ethiopia, 30 are Afrotropical, 18 (including

6 Cosmopolitan/Semicosmopolitan) have broad distributions (more than one geographical region).