Family: Cepheidae Berlese, 1896

Remark: Cepheidae Berlese, 1896, the commonly used name for this oribatid mite family, is a junior homonym of Cepheidae Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria) . A proposal to establish a replacement name for Cepheidae Berlese has been submitted to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (Halliday & Norton 2019).

Tritegeus bisulcatus Grandjean, 1953 *

Distribution in Georgia: Village Chiora. Mixed forest with Fagus orientalis and Taxus baccata . N42.758222 ˚ E43.560744 ˚ 1750 m a.s.l. One individual, coll. N. Todria, 20 Aug. 2016.

Global distribution: Palaearctic

Ecology: Forest soils