** Brigittea innocens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Fig. 9

Brigittea innocens Lecigne, 2021: 13, figs 4a-i, 5a-h, 6a-e (♂♀).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Kakheti • 2♀♀; Dedoplistskaro mun., Chachuna Managed Reserve; N41.225185°, E46.323604°; 648 m a.s.l.; semidesert, vegetation; leg. Seropian A.; 18 Jul. 2023; CaBOL-IDs 1035877, 1035878 .

Barcoding.

Two barcodes were obtained from the specimens CaBOL-IDs 1035877 and 1035878 (BOLD:AFO9424, mean p -distance 1.37%). According to the BOLD Systems library, there are 2 barcodes of the species currently with a private status that failed to indicate a good match with our specimens. Either the specimens in the BOLD Systems belong to other species, or the COI gene is not a proper tool to differentiate this particular species.

Remarks.

This species is distributed from the eastern Mediterranean to eastern Kazakhstan (Nentwig et al. 2023; WSC 2023). It is the first record of B. innoscens in the Caucasus. The nearest known record originates from Cyprus (Bosmans et al. 2019), while in the neighboring countries, this species is recorded in Antalya (Turkey) (Lecigne 2021; see also for female diagnosis).