The pseudoscorpions of the Caucasian Sphagnum bogs: part II. Description of Ephippiochthonius juliae sp.n. from Georgia, with remarks on the taxonomic status of some Caucasian species of the genus Ephippiochthonius Beier, 1930 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae)

Abstract

. A new species of pseudoscorpions, Ephippiochthonius juliae sp.n., is described from Sphagnum bogs situated in the Kolcheti Lowland, near the town of Kobuleti in the Republic of Adjara, Georgia, western Transcaucasia. Diagnostic and ecological features of this species are presented, discussed and compared with those of related species of this genus. A map of all known records of species of the genus Ephip-piochthonius Beier, 1930 in the Caucasus is given. We demonstrated that two European species, E. tetrache-latus (Preyssler, 1790) and E. fuscimanus (Simon, 1900), mentioned from the Caucasus in publications, actually represent a complex of undescribed species that require a detailed study and further descriptions.