New and well-forgotten: DNA-assisted records of two beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera) species new for the fauna of Georgia with an update on the distribution of some other little studied taxa Author Japarashvili, Shota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9674-3719 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia shota.japarashvili.1@iliauni.edu.ge Author Bulbulashvili, Natalia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-1209 Rustaveli st. 8, 1400, Gori, Georgia Author Seropian, Armen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-9954 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Chkhartishvili, Tinatin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0429-1488 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Iankoshvili, Giorgi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0429-1488 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Chitadze, Beka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7311-5827 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Balkhamishvili, Sopio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5198-305X Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Arsenashvili, Eka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7330-9602 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Todua, Mariami https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1870-3030 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Memishishi, Aleksi Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia text Caucasiana 2023 2023-04-18 2 63 70 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.2.e98998 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.2.e98998 2667-9809-2-63 54DC89E92299491E915AA7766F6CDCBC 1E801B0D28DD537E841B8A03C2ED705F Pocadius adustus Reitter, 1888 Materials Examined: GEORGIA • Nedzvi Managed Reserve; N41.9024° , E43.5161° ; 885 m a.s.l.; 08.10.2021; ISU, CaBOL IDs: 1018762, 1018763 (Fig. 4 ); leg: CaBOL team. Figure 4. Pocadius adustus Reitter, 1888, Nedzvi Managed Reserve. A - dorsal view; B - ventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm. Genetics: The BOLD identification engine indicated high similarity of the sequence yielded from the specimen with CaBOL ID 1018763 (BOLD: ACJ7127) to the COI of Pocadius adustus from Germany (BIN ID: ACJ7127, similarity 98.95%). The morphology of the Georgian specimens also perfectly corresponds to the description provided in the key by Medvedev (1965) . Remarks: To date, 63 species of Nitidulidae comprising 23 genera are known from Georgia ( Jelinek and Audisio 2007 ; Tarkhnishvili et al. 2013 ). The genus Pocadius includes 10 described species, displaying peculiar habits of being epigeous gasteromycetes specialists ( Cline 2008 ). P. adustus has a wide distribution range in the Palaearctic region, with the nearest findings from Turkey ( Jelinek and Audisio 2007 ) and the Western Caucasus in Russia ( Cline 2005 ). The specimens from the Nedzvi Managed Reserve found in the puffball ( Lycoperdon sp.) cavity represent a first record for Georgia.