New and interesting spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve (Georgia) Author Seropian, Armen 0000-0003-3777-9954 Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Cholokashvili av. 3 / 5 Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia Author Bulbulashvili, Natalia 0000-0002-6802-1209 Rustaveli st. 9, 1400, Gori, Georgia Author Makharadze, Giorgi https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4443-5432 Konstantine Eristavi st. 12, 0103, Tbilisi, Georgia Author Baznikin, Andrei https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9149-1735 Pozheshka st. 95 / 1 / 11, Belgrade, Serbia text Caucasiana 2024 2024-10-01 3 183 213 journal article 10.3897/caucasiana.3.e132501 34BF63C7-00A9-44DD-8887-DAE871731C84 * Genus Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 Comments. Synaphosus is a relatively large genus of small spiders, with 36 accepted species mainly distributed in the Palaearctic ( WSC 2024 ). Males of this genus differ from those of the closely related Cryptodrassus Miller, 1943 , by the presence of a translucent flange on the male palp and larger embolus, while females have strongly coiled insemination ducts. Until recently, a single species, S. palearcticus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 , was recorded in the Caucasus ( Armenia , Azerbaijan ) ( Otto 2022 ).