This paper is the 5th part of a study on the oribatid mites of Sao Pau
lo State, and the 8th chapter of a series on the soil oribatid (Acari)
fauna from Brazil that we are carrying out. We have found 24 species,
and among them seven are new to Science : Austrozetes maximus n. sp.,
Furcoppia americana n. sp., Galumna perezi n. sp., Galumna araujoi n.
sp., Pergalumna melloi n. sp., Allogalumna alpha n. sp. and Xylobates
iracemae n. sp. A new genus : Pseudogalumna n. g., is described (type
species : Oribates clericatus Berlese, 1915).