Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites
Author
Murvanidze, Maka
Author
Mumladze, Levan
text
Zootaxa
2016
2016-03-14
4089
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1
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Berlesezetes
aff.
cuspidatus
Mahunka, 1982
Distribution in
Georgia
.
E: Dedoplitskaro*
Global distribution.
Mediterranean
Ecology.
Steppe soils
Remark.
Georgian finding has some differences from original species regarding lamellar length and shape of the rostrum. The first author has sent the individuals to Dr. Sergey Ermilov who compared them with
type
material of Mahunka. Based on morphology alone, Georgian find is not a new species, although the genetic analysis may prove the contrary.