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 ** Evippa sjostedti Schenkel, 1936 Figs 23-26 Evippa sjostedti Marusik, Guseinov & Koponen, 2003: 50, figs 30-34 (♂♀). Evippa sjostedti Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 130, figs 94A-H (♂♀). Evippa sjostedti Esyunin & Kabdrakhimov, 2023: 22, fig. 2A (♀). Material examined. GEORGIA - Kakheti • 1♀ ; Dedoplistskaro mun., Vashlovani NP , Pantishara Gorge ; N41.2400° , E46.3847° ; 459 m a.s.l. ; semidesert, rocks; leg. Seropian A. ; 16 Apr. 2021 ; CaBOL-ID 1010010 . • 3♂♂ ; Mijniskure ; N41.1127° , E46.6460° ; 101 m a.s.l. ; semidesert, light trap ; leg. Kaitila J.-P. & Junnilainen J. ; 22 May 2023 ; CaBOL-IDs 1035789, 1035813, 1035814 • 1♀ ; Chachuna Managed Reserve ; N41.213086° , E46.015515° ; 648 m a.s.l. ; semidesert; leg. Seropian A. ; 16 Jul. 2023 ; CaBOL-ID 1035907 . Barcoding. Two barcodes were obtained from the specimens CaBOL-IDs 1010010 and 1035907 (BOLD:AFK2385, p -distance 1.06%), with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems being an Asian species, Evippa onager Simon, 1895 from Israel (BOLD:AEK4432, p -distance 7.62%). There are currently no barcodes for E. sjostedti in BOLD Systems; we are submitting the first ones. Remarks. Evippa sjostedti is distributed in western Kazakhstan, southern Mongolia, and central China (WSC 2023). It is the first record of this species in the Caucasus. Along with E. turkmenica Sternbergs, 1979 (description based only on females), it belongs to the Evippa sjostedti -group. The females of E. sjostedti can be distinguished from those of E. turkmenica by the angled anterior hood (almost straight in E. turkmenica ). Figures 23-26. Evippa sjostedti ( 23 : female, epigyne, ventral view, in situ; 24 : endogyne, dorsal view; 25 : male, left palpus, ventral view; 26 : same, retrolateral view). Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Family Miturgidae Simon, 1886 Genus Zora C.L. Koch, 1847