First record of 15 species of Hemiptera (Hexapoda, Insecta) in Georgia Author Chitadze, Beka 0000-0001-7311-5827 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Bulbulashvili, Natalia 0000-0002-6802-1209 Rustaveli st. 8, 1400, Gori, Georgia Author Japaridze, Lasha-Giorgi 0000-0001-7171-5589 David Reqtori 1 st. 55, 2200, Telavi, Georgia Author Drogvalenko, Alexander 0000-0001-9855-8421 Museum of Nature V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 8 Trinkler Street, 61058, Kharkiv, Ukraine Author Moulet, Pierre Museum Requien, 67 rue Joseph Vernet, F- 84000 Avignon, France Author Seropian, Armen 0000-0003-3777-9954 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia text Caucasiana 2024 2024-09-02 3 127 143 journal article 10.3897/caucasiana.3.e124994 1C352453-E312-4643-9A55-CF32DFF60BC7 Trypetimorpha occidentalis Huang & Bourgoin, 1993 For the image, see Suppl. material 1 Material examined. GEORGIA • 3 specimens ; Dighomi park ( Tbilisi ); 41.7695 , 44.7737 ; 426 m a. s. l. ; 31 Jul. 2021 ; leg. A. Seropian ; in vegetation near the ground; CaBOL-IDs 1011721, 1011733, 1011745 . Barcoding. Three barcodes were obtained from the specimens with CaBOL-IDs 1011721, 1011733, and 1011745 ( BOLD : ACP 5742 , maximum p - distance 0.15 %), with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems being T. occidentalis from Kazakhstan ( BOLD : ACP 5742) (mean p - distance 0.61 %). Remarks. From the neighboring countries, T. occidentalis was previously reported from Turkey , Armenia , and Russia ( Rostov Area) ( Tishechkin 2003 ; Karavin et al. 2021 ). The species is broadly distributed in the Palaearctic biogeographic realm ( Huang and Bourgoin 1993 ; Bourgoin 2019 ).