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Issue: Vol. 5293 No. 2: 22 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.9
Page range: 361-370
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An additional species of the genus Nemaspela Šilhavý, 1966 from a cave in Georgia, with a note on Nemaspela melouri (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae)

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität; Institut für Organismische und Molekulare Evolutionsbiologie (iomE); D-55099 Mainz; Germany. Senckenberg Research Institute; Arachnology; D-60325 Frankfurt am Main; Germany
Institute of Zoology; Ilia State University; Giorgi Tsereteli 3; 0162; Tbilisi; Georgia
Institute of Zoology; Ilia State University; Giorgi Tsereteli 3; 0162; Tbilisi; Georgia
Opiliones Arachnida harvestman new troglobiotic taxon Caucasus

Abstract

A cavernicolous harvestman species, Nemaspela kotia sp. nov., is described from the Kotia Cave (=Kotiasklde Cave) in Zemo Imereti plateau, Imereti Region, West Georgia. Its males lack a cheliceral apophysis, a feature shared with the Georgian cave-dwelling Nemaspela femorecurvata Martens, 2006 and N. prometheus Martens, Maghradze & Barjadze, 2021. Besides, Nemaspela melouri Martens, Maghradze & Barjadze, 2021, known only from its type locality, is found in Solkota Cave (Tskaltubo Municipality, Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst massif, Imereti region, West Georgia). A key for the identification of the known species of Nemaspela is provided.

 

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