Giljarovia redikorzevi (Charitonov, 1946)

Modebadze, Naia, Martens, Jochen, Snegovaya, Nataly & Barjadze, Shalva, 2023, An annotated list of the Georgian harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones), Caucasiana 2, pp. 211-230 : 211

6. Giljarovia redikorzevi (Charitonov, 1946)

Nemastoma redikorzevi Charitonov, 1946: 145-146 (fig. 1, original description)

Nemastoma redikorzevi - Birstein, 1950: 356 (mention)

Malekia redikorzevi - Ljovushkin and Starobogatov, 1963: 49 (mention)

Nemastoma redikorzevi - Mkheidze, 1964: 119 (mention)

Malekia redikorzevi - Ljovushkin, 1972: 62-63, fig. 1 (redescription, distribution)

Malekia redikorzevi - Staręga, 1978: 201 (mention)

Giljarovia redikorzevi - Martens, 2006: 165-167 (figs 10-11, redescription, distribution, new records)

Giljarovia redikorzevi - Schönhofer, 2013: 29 (mention)

Giljarovia redikorzevi - Snegovaya, 2013: 184 (mention)

Giljarovia redikorzevi - Snegovaya, 2015: 182-185 (figs 1-10, redescription, distribution)

Type locality.

Georgia, Imereti, Tskaltubo municipality, Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst massif, Sataplia Cave.

Occurrence data in Georgia.

Imereti • Sataplia I Cave, Tskaltubo Municipality; 400 m a.s.l.; leg. Golovatch and J. Martens, 5 June 1981 ( Martens 2006). • Sataplia I Cave, Tskaltubo Municipality; leg. Golovatch, 15 October 1981 ( Martens 2006). • Sataplia I Cave, Tskaltubo Municipality; leg. O. Makarova, 1 January 1987 ( Martens 2006). • Satplia IV cave, Tskaltubo Municipality; leg. R.A. Dzhanashvili and S.I. Ljovushkin, 22 September 1968 (Ljovushkin 1972). • Tsutskhvati Cave, Tkibuli Municipality; leg. Golovatch, 24/25 October 1981 ( Martens 2006).

Global distribution.

Endemic to Georgia ( Schönhofer 2013; Snegovaya 2013, 2015).

Remarks.

Though most records originate from caves, this is not a troglobiontic species; it occurs also in forest soil litter.