Brigittea latens Fabricius, 1775

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Krammer, Hans-Joachim, Thormann, Jana, Hein, Nils, Karalashvili, Elisabeth, Kachlishvili, Nino & Datunashvili, Anastasia, 2024, Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III, Caucasiana 3, pp. 89-118 : 89

Brigittea latens Fabricius, 1775

Brigittea latens Marusik, Esyunin & Tuneva, 2015: 136, figs 31-36, 40-42 (♂)

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Kakheti • 5♂♂; Dedoplistskaro mun., Vashlovani NP, Mijniskure ; N41.1127°, E46.6460°; 101 m a.s.l.; semidesert, light trap; leg. Kaitila J.-P. & Junnilainen J.; 22. May 2023; CaBOL-IDs 1035765, 1035766, 1035767, 1035817, 1035818 • 1♀; Vashlovani NP; N41.214°, E46.537°; 388 m a.s.l.; leg. Karalashvili E. & Krammer H.-J.; 10 Jul. 2019; ZFMK-TIS 8008402 (BOLD:AAO1681). Kvemo Kartli • 2♀♀; Gardabani mun., Kumisi L.; N41.577°, E44.824°; 476 m a.s.l.; leg. Karalashvili E. & Krammer H.-J.; 16 Jul. 2019; ZFMK-TISs 8008367, 8008368 (BOLD:AAO1681) .

Barcoding.

Three barcodes were obtained from the specimens ZFMK-TISs 8008367, 8008368, and 8008402 (BOLD:AAO1681, mean p -distance 1.52%), with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems B. latens from Spain (maximum p -distance 0.61%) currently at private status.

Remarks.

This species is distributed from the Iberian Peninsula east to eastern Kazakhstan and north to Steinkjer (Norway) (WSC 2023). In the Caucasus, it is reported from Azerbaijan, the North-East Caucasus, and Georgia (Samachablo region) ( Otto 2023). It is the first record of B. latens from the Kakheti and Kvemo Kartli regions.

Genus Lathys Simon, 1884