Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites Author Murvanidze, Maka Author Mumladze, Levan text Zootaxa 2016 2016-03-14 4089 1 1 81 journal article 51607 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1 56eebc91-bbc7-4564-a0f7-901e5e31480e 1175-5326 257567 5478C7E2-8776-4747-9C0F-2B382DD19AD9 Sphaerochthonius splendidus (Berlese, 1904) Distribution in Georgia . W: Ritsa Reserve, Musera, Sokhumi (Shtanchaeva & SubĂ­as 2010); E: Tbilisi (Murvanidze et al . 2008), Gardabani, Kavtiskhevi (Murvanidze & Todria 2015), Kazreti Global distribution. Pantropical and subtropical (Southern Holarctic) Ecology. Dry urban and forest soils. We have encountered this species only in spring and fall.