Family: Phthiracaridae Perty, 1841

Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) longulus (C.L. Koch, 1841)

Distribution in Georgia: Javakheti plateau, litter from artificial pine forest, N41.293114 ˚ E43.531515 ˚, 1990m a.s.l and N41.37421869 ˚ E43.77305123 ˚ 2120m a.s.l., numerous individuals, coll. L. Mumladze, 05 Jul. 2018.

Global Distribution: Holarctic

Ecology: Forest soils (Weigmann 2006)

Remark: This species is missing in checklist-I. Earlier findings are from the mixed forest of Auadkhara reserve and Batumi botanical garden (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010).