S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 29/1. (Budapest, 1976)
As a result of the works of the above authors, the number of species known belonging to the genus increased to 23. However, HAMMEN (1959) and AOKI (1965) found that E. szanisloi Oudemans, 1917, E ± verrusoca Jacot, 1934 are, respectively, synonyms of E. cyli ndrica . The early descriptions of BERLESE, with the exception of two redescribéd species, are inadequate by modern standards and insufficient for the recognition of the species. Thus, at present, the number of species in question is: 15. The present authors working up the Oribatid material originating from Egyptian soil samples, found two species of Epilohmannia which suggested a survey of the known species belonging to the genus. In order to do this, the authors re-examined the Hungarian and European species, besides the undetermined material, from the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest; as well as those from the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva. As a result of detailed examinations, the authors report, herewith, new data concerning the knowledge of occurrence of E . cy lindric a. They established, on the basis of constant morphological characters, that E. cy lindrica f . min ima_ Schuster, 1960 is significantly different from the nominate subspecies. In conformity with the rules of nomenclature, the names of forms, aberrations and varieties, if published before 1961 retain their availability, therefore we consider it to be subspecific in rank: Epilohmannia cylindrica m inima Schuster, 1960 stat. nov. One of the two species encountered in the Egyptian samples beyond doubt proved to be E. cylindrica, that ABD-EL-FAMID (1965) also recorded its occurence in Egypt. The other species - no representative of the species group is recorded till now from the Palaearctic Region - is an ally of E . palli da Wallwork, 1962; but it differs both from the nominal type material and its subspecies: E pallida pacifica Aoki, 1965. For this reason, it is. considered to be a new subspecies under the name E . pall ida aegyptica ssp.n. In other materials, there occurred a species which stands nearest to E . gigantea Berlese, 1916 but which differs in many characters from all of its known congeners. It is described herunder as Epilohmaunia imreorum sp.n. In the course of the present work, while surveying the literature we felt it necessary to summarize all known species belonging to the genus in the form of an identification key. Data about the examined species Epilohmannia cylindrica cylind rica (Berlese, 1904) We examined various specimens of this species from the Balearic islands, Egypt, Greece, and those collected in different parts of Hungary. All specimens completely agreed concerning the investigated morphological characters. Nevertheless, a figure is given for a specimen from the Balearic islands, since it slightly differs (e.g. the form of sensillus) from the drawing of PÉREZ-INIGO, though it agrees well with all the other examined specimens.
