TABLE 7. Species of the family Arrhopalitidae recorded from the Caucasus.
Species Location Cave Source
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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