Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III Author Seropian, Armen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-9954 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia armen.seropiani@iliauni.edu.ge Author Bulbulashvili, Natalia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-1209 Rustaveli st. 9, 1400, Gori, Georgia Author Krammer, Hans-Joachim https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7012-1752 LIB: Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Bonn, Germany Author Thormann, Jana LIB: Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Bonn, Germany Author Hein, Nils https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5172-8531 LIB: Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Bonn, Germany Author Karalashvili, Elisabeth https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9015-7604 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Kachlishvili, Nino https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5632-8959 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Datunashvili, Anastasia https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1421-2057 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia text Caucasiana 2024 2024-04-26 3 89 118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.3.e120883 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.3.e120883 2667-9809-3-89 EA5B0F14EB024AC8BAAB44E072825910 8FB37893D5A65CF99CFA4C15F5D943C2 * Agroeca maculata L. Koch, 1879 Figs 20-21 Agroeca maculata Danilov, 1999: 313, figs 1D-E (♀). Material examined. GEORGIA - Mtskheta-Mtianeti • 1♀ ; N of Shevardeni , Mna Valley ; N42.58° , E44.47° ; 2012 m a.s.l. ; leg. Krammer H.-J ..; 7 Jul. 2019 ; ZFMK-TIS 8008097 (BOLD:AFJ0323) . Barcoding. A single barcode was obtained from the specimen ZFMK-TIS 8008097 (BOLD:AFJ0323) with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems. There are currently no barcodes for A. maculata in BOLD Systems, we are submitting the first one. Remarks. Species with a Western-Palaearctic distribution range occur from Ukraine east to the Irkutsk Oblast of Russia ( Nentwig et al. 2023 ; WSC 2023). In the Caucasus, it is known only from Dagestan ( Otto 2023 ). It is the first record of A. maculata in Georgia. Females of the species are readily distinguished from the females of other Palaearctic congeners by the shape of epigyne and endogyne. Figures 20-21. Agroeca maculata , female ( 20 : epigyne, ventral view, in situ; 21 : endogyne, dorsal view). Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Genus Apostenus Westring, 1851