Marinarozelotes malkini (Platnick & Murphy, 1984)

Figs 20–21

Trachyzelotes malkini: Platnick and Murphy 1984: 22, figs 51–54 (♂ ♀).

Marinarozelotes malkini: Ponomarev and Shmatko 2020: 135, figs 14–15, 19, 25–26, 43–44 (♂ ♀).

Material examined.

GEORGIA • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Tbilisi, Lisi Lake vicinity; 41.7489°N, 44.7326°E; 632 m a. s. l.; steppe, under stones; leg. G. Makharadze; 8 Jun. 2025; CaBOL-IDs 1039377, 1039378, 1039373, 1039374, 1039375, 1039376 . • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Kvemo Kartli, Rustavi Car Market; 41.5778°N, 44.9422°E; 333 m a. s. l.; steppe, under stones; leg. G. Makharadze; 14 Jun. 2025 .

Comments.

This species is distributed from the E Mediterranean east to W Kazakhstan (Nentwig et al. 2025). In the Caucasus region, it was mainly recorded in N Caucasus with a single report from S Caucasus in the Samachablo region of Georgia (Ponomarev and Shmatko 2020). It is the second and the southernmost record of M. malkini in the S Caucasus.