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Mar 22, 2018 at 12:03 comment added Robert Bryant More generally, if $G\subset\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb{R})$ is Lie subgroup of finite type, i.e., if the sheaf of vector fields whose flows preserve the translation-invariant $G$-structure $B_0$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ has finite dimensional stalks of dimension $d$, then the group of automorphisms of any $G$-structure $B$ on an $n$-manifold is a Lie group of dimension at most $d$. This was essentially known to É. Cartan. It includes all the pseudo-Riemannian geometries and their sub-geometries such as almost Hermitian; in particular, it includes the cases you mention above.
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