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 * Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) Figs 14-15 Poecilochroa senilis Murphy, 2007: 50, figs 370-371 (♂♀). Poecilochroa senilis Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 50, figs 26A-D (♂♀). Material examined. GEORGIA - Kakheti • 1♂ ; Dedoplistskaro mun., Chachuna Managed Reserve ; N41.230663° , E46.140872° ; 648 m a.s.l. ; semidesert, under rocks; leg. Seropian A. ; 19 Jul. 2023 ; CaBOL-ID 1035879 . Barcoding. A single barcode was obtained from the specimen CaBOL-ID1035879 (BOLD:ABW8614). According to the BOLD Systems library, there is a single public barcode of the species mined from the GenBank, with 518 bp length, that failed to indicate a good match with our specimens. Either the specimen in the BOLD Systems belongs to another species, or the COI gene is not a proper tool to differentiate this particular species. Remarks. This species is distributed from the Eastern Mediterranean east to Turkmenistan ( Nentwig et al. 2023 ; WSC 2023). In the Caucasus, it is reported only from NE Caucasus ( Otto 2023 ). It is the first record of P. senilis in Georgia and the South Caucasus. The males of this species are easily distinguished from other local congeners by the shape of the retrolateral tibial apophysis. Genus Zelotes Gistel, 1848