
Belongs within: Galumnoidea.
Trichogalumna is a genus of galumnid oribatid mites found in the Old World tropics and subtropics (Subías 2004).
Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum without true lamellae, with sclerotised lamellar lines on surface; lamellar setae originating mediad to lamellar line. Dorsosejugal suture interrupted. Surface of notogaster smooth; notogastral setae extremely short but all well observable; areae porosae of normal size.
<==Trichogalumna Balogh 1960S04 |--*T. lunai (Balogh 1958) [=Pilogalumna lunai]S04 |--T. arborea Ohkubo 1984S04 |--T. chimaera Ohkubo 1984S04 |--T. chitralensis Hammer 1977S04 |--T. duoporosa Hammer 1971S04 |--T. granuliala Ohkubo 1984S04 |--T. hygrophila Ohkubo 1984S04 |--T. imperfecta Ohkubo 1984S04 |--T. lineata Ohkubo 1984S04 |--T. madagassica Mahunka 1996S04 |--T. microseta Wallwork 1965S04 |--T. montana Balogh 1962S04 |--T. nipponica (Aoki 1966) [=Pergalumna duplicata nipponica]S04 |--T. pumularis Engelbrecht 1972S04 |--T. punctata Engelbrecht 1972S04 |--T. seminuda Balogh 1960S04 |--T. subnuda Balogh & Mahunka 1967S04 |--T. taeniata Hammer 1971S04 `--T. vietnamica Mahunka 1987S04
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.
[S04] Subías, L. S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002). Graellsia 60 (número extraordinario): 3–305.