New records of springtails (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha)and oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Georgia

Four species of springtails and four species of oribatid mites were identified as new records for the Georgian fauna from different regions of the country: Coecobrya tenebricosa (Folsom, 1902); Entomobrya muscorum (Nicolet, 1842) Rondani, 1861; Heteromurus major (Moniez, 1889); Pseudosinella octopun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: BARJADZE, SHALVA, MURVANIDZE, MAKA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: TÜBİTAK 2016
Subjects:
Acari,Oribatida,Collembola,Caucasus
Mite
Springtail
Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tbtkzoology/issue/35867/402159
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Summary:Four species of springtails and four species of oribatid mites were identified as new records for the Georgian fauna from different regions of the country: Coecobrya tenebricosa (Folsom, 1902); Entomobrya muscorum (Nicolet, 1842) Rondani, 1861; Heteromurus major (Moniez, 1889); Pseudosinella octopunctata Börner, 1901; Austrocarabodes ensifer (Sellnick, 1931); Jacotella frondeus (Kulijev, 1969); Lasiobelba pori (Vasiliu and Ivan, 1995); and Bipassalozetes sabulosus (Shtanchaeva, 1986). Moreover, L. Pori is the first record for the Caucasian fauna. With these new records, the number of springtail species known from Georgia increases to 97 and the number of oribatid mite species in Georgia exceeds 530.

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