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TABLE 7 in Antennal troglomorphy in Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) with the description of two new cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 species from the Arabika Massif in the Caucasus
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TABLE 7. Species of the family Arrhopalitidae recorded from the Caucasus.
| Species | Location | Cave | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrhopalites abchasicus Vargovitsh, 2013 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Novy Afon, Gumishkha-Psyrtskha Massif | Psyrtskha; Novoafonskaya | Vargovitsh 2013, 2017 |
| Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871) | W Caucasus: Imereti, Tskaltubo | Solkota | Barjadze & Djanashvili 2008 |
| Arrhopalites colchicus Vargovitsh, 2025 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Verkhniaya Eshera, Gumishkha Massif | Verkhneesherskaya (Upper Eshera) | Vargovitsh 2025 |
| Arrhopalites macronyx Vargovitsh, 2012 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Novy Afon, Gumishkha-Psyrtskha Massif | Anukhvinskaya | Vargovitsh 2012 |
| Arrhopalites profundus Vargovitsh, 2022 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Bzyb Mt. Range, Khipsta Massif | Snezhnaya | Vargovitsh 2022 |
| Pygmarrhopalites arbaicus sp. nov. | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Gagra Mt. Range, Arabika Massif | Moskva; Nadezhda; Sirota; Tochka Zh | Present study |
| Pygmarrhopalites cochlearifer (Gisin, 1947) | N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania, pine forests around Verkhniy Tsey and Nar | - | Kuznetsova et al. 2019 |
| Pygmarrhopalites dbari Vargovitsh, 2017 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Novy Afon, Gumishkha-Psyrtskha Massif | Psyrtskha | Vargovitsh 2017 |
| Pygmarrhopalites kovali Vargovitsh, 2017 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Tsebelda Karst Massif | Tsebeldinskaya; Verkhnyaya Shakuranskaya; Tshalintshur | Vargovitsh 2017 |
| Pygmarrhopalites principalis (Stach, 1945) | W Caucasus: Georgia (mainly in caves); N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania and Karachay-Cherkessia, forests | Bnelaklde; Maghara; Sataplia I; Solkota; Tetri; Nikortsminda; Tsakhi | Grinbergs 1960; Dobrolyubova 1984; Kuchiev 2006; Barjadze & Djanashvili 2008; Antipova & Babenko 2022 |
| Pygmarrhopalites pygmaeus (Wankel, 1860) | W Caucasus: Imereti, Tskaltubo (cave); N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania, forests of Tsey and Kassar gorges | Chuneshi | Kuchiev 2006; Barjadze & Djanashvili 2008 |
| Pygmarrhopalites rystsovi Vargovitsh, 2022 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Bzyb Mt. Range, Khipsta Massif | Snezhnaya; Souvenir | Vargovitsh 2022 |
| Pygmarrhopalites secundarius (Gisin, 1958) | N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania, Nar, pine forests | - | Kuznetsova et al. 2019; Antipova & Babenko 2022 |
| Pygmarrhopalites sericus (Gisin, 1947) | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Gagra Mt. Range, Arabika Massif | Trechus Grotto | Present study |
| Pygmarrhopalites trisetosus sp. nov. | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Gagra Mt. Range, Arabika Massif | Nadezhda; Sirota | Present study |
| Troglopalites stygios Vargovitsh, 2012 | W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Tsebelda Karst Massif | Nizhnyaya Shakuranskaya; Verkhnyaya Shakuranskaya; Tsebeldinskaya | Vargovitsh 2012 |
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Published as part of Vargovitsh, Robert S., 2025, Antennal troglomorphy in Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) with the description of two new cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 species from the Arabika Massif in the Caucasus, pp. 550-551 in Zootaxa 5673 (4) on page 550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/16982611
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