@article {1768, title = {The first troglobiotic cryptopid centipede (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from the Caucasus}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5205}, year = {2022}, month = {10/11/2022}, pages = {436-444}, abstract = {

Abstract: Cryptops (Cryptops) datviensis sp. nov. from Datvi Cave in Georgia, is the first troglobiotic species of the genus Cryptops Leach, 1814 to be described from the Caucasus. The new species morphologically resembles the common epigean Caucasian species Cryptops caucasius Verhoeff, 1934, but differs in typical troglomorphic features, such as elongation of antennae and legs. A key to species of the genus Cryptops from the Caucasus is presented. A list of the invertebrates inhabiting Datvi Cave is provided.

რეზიუმე: Cryptops (Cryptops) datviensis sp. nov. საქართველოში დათვის მღვიმიდან არის გვარ Cryptops Leach, 1814-ის კავკასიაში აღწერილი პირველი ტროგლობიონტი სახეობა. ახალი სახეობა მორფოლოგიურად მსგავსია არატროგლობიტური კავკასიური სახეობის - Cryptops caucasius Verhoeff, 1934-ის, თუმცა მისგან განსხვავდება ტიპიური ტროგლომორფული ნიშან-თვისებებით, როგორიცაა ანტენების და ფეხების დაგრძელება. წარმოდგენილია Cryptops-ის სახეობების სარკვევი კავკასიიდან. უზრუნველყოფილია დათვის მღვიმეში მობინადრე უხერხემლო ცხოველთა სია.

}, keywords = {Cave, Cryptops, Georgia, troglomorphism}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.5.2}, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5205.5.2}, author = {Tuf, Ivan Hadri{\'a}n and Barjadze, Shalva and Maghradze, Eter} } @article {521, title = {Colobognatha millipedes in the Caucasus (Diplopoda: Polyzoniida,~Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida).}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3972}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Jun 11}, pages = {250-266}, abstract = {

The superorder Colobognatha is represented in the Caucasus by three genera and species, one each in the orders Polyzoniida, Platydesmida and Siphonocryptida. Hirudisoma roseum (Victor, 1839) (Hirudisomatidae, Polyzoniida) is especially widespread, ranging from S Russia, Abkhazia, Georgia (with a neotype designated and described from Kakhetia, E Georgia) and NW Azerbaijan to E Turkey, and also including H. ponticum (Lohmander, 1939) (junior subjective synonym, syn. nov.). Fioria hyrcana Golovatch, 1980 (Andrognathidae, Platydesmida) is endemic to the Hyrcanian parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan and NW Iran along the western and southern coasts of the Caspian Sea. Due to the finding of Hirudicryptus abchasicus sp. nov. (Siphonocryptidae, Siphonocryptida), from a single locality in Abkhazia, NW Caucasus, the order Siphonocryptida is new to the fauna of the region. A key to all four species of the trans-Palaearctic genus Hirudicryptus is given. All three Caucasian species of Colobognatha are described in due detail and abundantly illustrated, and their distributions mapped.

}, keywords = {Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, distribution, Georgia, Iran, key, map, neotype, new species, new synonymy, Platydesmida, Polyzoniida, Russia, Siphonocryptida, Taxonomy, Turkey}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.6}, author = {Sergei Ilyich Golovatch and Evsyukov, Aleksandr and Reip, Hans S} } @article {520, title = {The millipede family Polydesmidae in the Caucasus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida).}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4085}, year = {2016}, month = {2016 Mar 01}, pages = {1-51}, abstract = {

The family Polydesmidae is represented in the Caucasus by two genera and 11 species: Polydesmus abchasius Attems, 1898, P. lignaui Lohmander, 1936, P. muralewiczi Lohmander, 1936 and P. mediterraneus Daday, 1889 (all confined to the NW and W Caucasus, but of which only the former three are endemic to the region, whereas the latter species is an introduction), as well as Brachydesmus assimilis Lohmander, 1936 (endemic to most of the region, except Hyrcania), B. pigmentatus Attems, 1951 (= B. pereliae Golovatch, 1976, syn. n.) (subendemic to Hyrcania), B. superus Latzel, 1884 (a cosmopolitan introduction), B. furcatus Lohmander, 1936 (= B. furcatus exiguus Strasser, 1970, syn. n.) (endemic to the NW Caucasus), B. kalischewskyi Lignau, 1915 (= B. karawajewi Lohmander, 1928, = B. ferrugineus Lohmander, 1936, = B. talyschanus Lohmander, 1936, = B. bidentatus Golovatch, 1976, all syn. n.) (a highly polymorphous and widespread species, apparently in a stage of active speciation, subendemic to the entire region), B. kvavadzei sp. n., from Ajaria, Georgia, and B. simplex sp. n., from Abkhazia and Sochi, Krasnodar Province, Russia. All known Caucasian species of Polydesmidae are described in due detail, abundantly illustrated and keyed, and their distributions mapped.

}, keywords = {Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, distribution, Georgia, Iran, key, map, new species, new synonymy, Polydesmidae, polymorphism, Russia, Taxonomy, Turkey}, issn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.1}, author = {Sergei Ilyich Golovatch and Evsyukov, Aleksandr and Reip, Hans} }