Published January 4, 2023 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Mycobatidae Grandjean 1954

  • 1. I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. 1, I. Chavchavadze av. 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia. maka. murvanidze @ tsu. ge
  • 2. Institute of Entomology. Agricultural University of Georgia. 240, D. Aghmashenebeli alley. 0131, Tbilisi, Georgia. ntodr 2013 @ agruni. edu. ge
  • 3. J. F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology. University of Göttingen. Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, Germany. mmaraun @ gwdg. de
  • 4. Institute of Zoology. Ilia State University. Cholokashvili ave 3 / 5, 0165, Tbilisi, Georgia levan. mumladze @ iliauni. edu. ge

Description

Family: Mycobatidae Grandjean, 1954

Mycobates (Calyptozetes) patrius Shaldybina, 1970 * (Fig. 6).

Distribution in Georgia: Udziro Tba N42.660225° E43.620267° 2834 m a.s.l. Wet meadow, 13 individuals coll. Nino Todria, 11 Jul. 2021.

Global distribution: Palaearctic

Ecology: alpine meadows and high-altitude forests.

Remark: Previous findings from the Caucasian region include two locations of Daghestan (Russia) Samur and Tsumilukh (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010). The authors reported species from alpine meadows and forests at high altitudes 1500-3000 m a.s.l. We confirm the occurrence in alpine habitats for M. patrius in the Caucasian region

Notes

Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216

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References

  • Shtanchaeva, U. Y. & Subias, L. S. (2010) The catalogue of Caucasian oribatid mites. Nauka. Makhachkala, 276 pp. [in Russian]