New carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) of Georgia

Abstract

New samples from different regions of Georgia contribute to the knowledge of Carabodidae species in this region. Austrocarabodes foliaceisetus georgiensis subsp. n. and Carabodes djaparidzae sp. n., are described as new taxa for the Georgian fauna. A regional form of the Nearctic Carabodes granulatus Banks, 1895 is described. It is the first Palaearctic record of the species, collected in litter and soil of Carpinus-Fagus forest in Western Georgia. A. f. georgiensis subsp. n. occurs in a semi-desert region of Eastern Georgia, C. djaparidzae sp. n. was found in a Carpinus forest in Eastern Georgia. The characters of the species are discussed and compared with those of similar species in these genera.