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Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark, Mumladze, Levan (2023): Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II. Zootaxa 5227 (1): 50-62, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2

Family: Phenopelopidae Petrunkevich, 1955 Eupelops hirtus (Berlese, 1916) Distribution in Georgia: Javakheti plateau. N41.294489 ˚ E43.538343 ˚ 2293m a.s.l. two individuals, coll. L. Mumladze, 16 Sep. 2018 (Murvanidze et al. 2019). Global distribution: Holarctic Ecology: Acidic forest soils, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L. & Todria, N. (2019) A contribution to the knowledge of Georgian oribatid and mesostigmatid mites (Acari) with new records in Georgia. Persian Journal of Acarology, 8 (4), 309 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.22073 / pja. v 8 i 4.51419"]}

Family: Mycobatidae Grandjean, 1954 Mycobates (Calyptozetes) patrius Shaldybina, 1970 * (Fig. 6). Distribution in Georgia: Udziro Tba N42.660225° E43.620267° 2834 m a.s.l. Wet meadow, 13 individuals coll. Nino Todria, 11 Jul. 2021. Global distribution: Palaearctic Ecology: alpine meadows and high-altitude forests. Remark: Previous findings from the Caucasian region include two locations of Daghestan (Russia) Samur and Tsumilukh (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010). The authors reported species from alpine meadows and forests at high altitudes 1500-3000 m a.s.l. We confirm the occurrence in alpine habitats for M. patrius in the Caucasian region, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Shtanchaeva, U. Y. & Subias, L. S. (2010) The catalogue of Caucasian oribatid mites. Nauka. Makhachkala, 276 pp. [in Russian]"]}

Family: Epilohmanniidae Oudemans, 1923 Epilohmannia styriaca Schuster, 1960 Distribution in Georgia: Musera, hornbeam-oak forest, N43.170804 ˚ E40.432904 ˚, 164m a.s.l, coll. Z. Tarba (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010); village Mandaeti, home garden, N42.174774 ˚ E43.328157 ˚, 776m a.s.l., two individuals coll. L. Mumladze, 26 Oct. 2021. Global distribution: Palaearctic Ecology: Humid forest soils Remark: This is the first report of the species since the early reports from Musera (Tarba 1978). Checklist I include one more location from the Abkhazian region of Georgia (Ochamchire) according to Shtanchaeva & Subías (2010), referring to Bulanova-Zakhvatkina (1970). After examination of the latter paper, we did not find matching information; therefore, this location may be discarded., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Shtanchaeva, U. Y. & Subias, L. S. (2010) The catalogue of Caucasian oribatid mites. Nauka. Makhachkala, 276 pp. [in Russian]","Tarba, Z. M. (1978) The armored mite fauna of Abkhazia. Trudi pedagogicheskikh institutov Gruzinskoi SSR. Seryia estestvennoi nauki, 1978, 68 - 81. [in Russian]","Bulanova-Zakhvatkina, E. M. (1970) The fauna of the oribatid mites of USSR and their distribution. Oribatidi (Oribatei) i ikh rol v pochvoobrazovatelnikh processakh. s. n., Vilnius, pp. 55 - 71. [in Russian]"]}

Family: Ameronothridae Willmann, 1931 Ameronothrus sp. * Distribution in Georgia: Udziro Tba N42.660225° E43.620267° 2834m a.s.l. Wet meadow, one individual coll. Nino Todria. 11 Jul. 2021. Ecology: Marine or freshwater littoral zones (Behan-Pelletier & Eamer 2007) Remark: The mite could not be identified to the species level as it was damaged, however, we included it in the species list since this is the first report of the genus Ameronothrus in Georgia. Ameronothrus oblongus Sitnikova, 1975 is reported from Caucasus, Teberda (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Behan-Pelletier, V. M. & Eamer, B. (2007) Aquatic oribatida: adaptations, constraints, distribution and ecology. In: Morales- Malacara, J. B., Behan-Pelletier, V., Ueckermann, E., Perez, T. M., Estrada-Venegas, E. G. & Badil, M. (Eds.), Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress. Instituto de Biologia and Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarologia, Cidade do Mexico, pp. 71 - 82.","Sitnikova, L. G. (1975) Family Scutoverticidae. In: Ghilarov, M. S. & Krivolutsky, D. A. (Eds.), Identification keys of soil inhabiting mites, Sarcoptiformes. Nauka, Moscow, pp. 246 - 254. [in Russian]","Shtanchaeva, U. Y. & Subias, L. S. (2010) The catalogue of Caucasian oribatid mites. Nauka. Makhachkala, 276 pp. [in Russian]"]}

Family: Carabodidae C. L. Koch 1837 Carabodes intermedius Willmann, 1951 * (Fig. 3) Distribution in Georgia: Udziro Tba N42.660225° E43.620267° 2834m a.s.l. Wet meadow, 25 individuals coll. Nino Todria. 11.07.2021; Shovi N42.705292° E43.681247° 1570 m a.s.l, forest meadow, 45 individuals coll. Nino Todria 03 Jul. 2021. Global distribution: Europe Ecology: Forest soils and litter, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216

Family: Astegistidae Balogh, 1961 Cultroribula lata Aoki, 1961 * (Fig. 2) Distribution in Georgia: Village Mandaeti, N42.174774 ˚ E43.328157 ˚ home garden. 34 individuals, coll. L. Mumladze. 26 Oct. 2021. Global distribution: Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian Ecology: Forest soils, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216

Family: Ceratozetidae Jacot, 1925 Ceratozetes bregetovae (Shaldybina, 1970) Syn.: Ceratozetella bregetovae Shaldybina, 1970 sensu Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010 Distribution in Georgia: Numerous locations on Javakheti plateau in May-June 2017 (Murvanidze et al. 2019). Global distribution: Eastern Palaearctic Ecology: subalpine meadows Ceratozetes bulanovae Kulijev, 1962 Distribution in Georgia: Udabno N41.502100 ˚, E45.370250 ˚, 769 m a.s.l. overgrazed pasture, one individual coll. N. Todria 26 Jun. 2016 (Murvanidze et al. 2019). Global distribution: Mediterranean Ecology: anthropogenically disturbed habitats: overgrazed pastures, arable lands (Kulijev 1962) Sphaerozetes orbicularis (C.L. Koch, 1835) (Fig. 5) Distribution in Georgia: Ritsa reserve, Musera (Murvanidze & Mumladze 2016); Udziro Tba N42.660225° E43.620267° 2834m a.s.l. Wet meadow, twelve individuals coll. Nino Todria. 11 Jul. 2021. Global distribution: Palaearctic Ecology: Forest soils Remark: This is the first report of the species after 1970 (Tarba 1976, 1978). Fuscozetes fuscipes (C.L. Koch, 1844) Distribution in Georgia: Tsaghveri;Tavkvetila mountain (Murvanidze &Mumladze2016); Shovi, N42.705292° E43.681247° 1570m a.s.l, forest meadow, numerous individuals coll. Nino Todria 03 Jul. 2021. Global distribution: Holarctic Ecology: Wet to humid forest soils and meadows Remark: This species was known from only two locations (see above), both from mountainous habitats, the new finding confirms the occurence of this species at high altitudes., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Shtanchaeva, U. Y. & Subias, L. S. (2010) The catalogue of Caucasian oribatid mites. Nauka. Makhachkala, 276 pp. [in Russian]","Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L. & Todria, N. (2019) A contribution to the knowledge of Georgian oribatid and mesostigmatid mites (Acari) with new records in Georgia. Persian Journal of Acarology, 8 (4), 309 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.22073 / pja. v 8 i 4.51419","Kulijev, K. A. (1962) Fifteen new representatives of oribatid mites (Acariformes, Oribatei) from genera Oppia and Ceratozetes. Trudi Azerbaijanskogo NIV instituta, XIII, 250 - 268. [in Russian]","Murvanidze, M. & Mumladze, L. (2016) Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites. Zootaxa, 4089 (1), 1 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4089.1.1","Tarba, Z. M. (1976) Fauna of the oribatid mites (Acariformes, Oribatei) of Ritsa-Auadkhara reserve. Fauna i ekologia bezpozvonochnikh zhivotnikh, Moscow, 1976, 20 - 25. [in Russian]","Tarba, Z. M. (1978) The armored mite fauna of Abkhazia. Trudi pedagogicheskikh institutov Gruzinskoi SSR. Seryia estestvennoi nauki, 1978, 68 - 81. [in Russian]"]}

Family: Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954 Lamellovertex caelatus (Berlese, 1895) * (Fig. 4) Distribution in Georgia: Tsavkisi. Soil from natural meadow. N 41.68618 ˚ E 44.746342 ˚ 903 m a.s.l. Two individuals collected by M. Murvanidze, 12 Jun.2021. Global distribution: Palaearctic Ecology: Dry soils Remark: Previous records of L. caelatus in Caucasus are known from Novorosyisk and Northern Osetia (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010). Georgian findings confirm the preference of this species to dry soils and mosses (Ayyldiz et al. 2005; Bernini 1976; Krisper et al 2002; Weigmann 2006), while Shtanchaeva and Netuzhilin (2003) refer to previous findings in soil litter. Hypovertex saxicola Sitnikova, 1975 * Distribution in Georgia: Tsavkisi. Soil from natural meadow. N41.686816 ˚ E44.736348 ˚ 1095m a.s.l. One individual collected by M. Murvanidze, 14 Aug. 2022. Global distribution: Southern Palaearctic Ecology: Dry montane soils Remark: New record for Georgia. Previous finding in Caucasus refers to the original species description by Sitnikova (1975) in Northern Osetia which was included in the identification key of palaearctic oribatid mites by Ghilarov & Krivolutsky (1975). Later, the author provided a more detailed description of the species and specified the sampling location of the type species—soil under Juniper shrubs close to Gizeldon River at 1400 m a.s.l. (Sitnikova 1980)., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Shtanchaeva, U. Y. & Subias, L. S. (2010) The catalogue of Caucasian oribatid mites. Nauka. Makhachkala, 276 pp. [in Russian]","Ayyldiz, N., Per, S. & Toluk, A. (2005) A new record for Turkish fauna: Lamellovertex caelatus (Berlese, 1895) (Acari, Oribatida, Scutoverticidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 29 (4), 345 - 349.","Bernini, F. (1976) Notulae Oribatologicae. XV. Lamellovertex. Un nuovo genere per Scutovertex caelatus Berlese, 1895 (Acarida, Oribatei). Redia, LIX, 311 - 321.","Krisper, G., Schmikl, M. & Ebermann, E. (2002) Erstnachweis der felsbodenbewohnenden Hornmilben Scutovertex pictus Kunst, 1959 und Lamellovertex caelatus (Berlese, 1895) (Acari, Oribatida) fur Osterreich. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines fur Steiermark, 132, 193 - 196.","Weigmann, G. (2006) Hornmilben (Oribatida). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 76. Teil. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 520 pp.","Shtanchaeva, U. Y. & Netuzhilin, I. A. (2003) Review of the world fauna of oribatid mites family Scutoverticidae (Acari, Oribatida) with the description of new species. Zoologicheskyi zhurnal, 82, 781 - 803. [in Russian]","Sitnikova, L. G. (1975) Family Scutoverticidae. In: Ghilarov, M. S. & Krivolutsky, D. A. (Eds.), Identification keys of soil inhabiting mites, Sarcoptiformes. Nauka, Moscow, pp. 246 - 254. [in Russian]","Ghilarov, M. S. & Krivolutsky, D. A. (1975) Identification keys of soil inhabiting mites, Sarcoptiformes. Nauka, Moscow, 491 pp. [in Russian]","Sitnikova, L. G. (1980) New species of mites family Scutoverticidae (Acariformes, Oribatei). Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 29, 180 - 195 [in Russian]"]}

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, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Halliday, R. B & Norton, R. A. (2019) Case 3785 - Proposal to remove the homonymy of Cepheidae Berlese, 1896 (Acariformes) with Cepheidae Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria), by emending the former to Cepheusidae. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 76, 34 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.21805 / bzn. v 76. a 010"]}

Family: Nanhermanniidae Sellnick, 1928 Nanhermannia comitalis Berlese, 1913 Distribution in Georgia: Cross Pass, subalpine meadow, N42.505081 ˚ E44.454129 ˚, 2400 m a.s.l. two individuals coll. Z. Medoeva in 1985 (Medoeva et al. 1987); Shvilobisa cave, soil from cave entrance, N42.326525 ˚ E43.268253 ˚, 615m a.s.l., four individuals coll. Sh. Barjadze, 19 Apr. 2017 (Murvanidze et al. 2019). Global Distribution: Holarctic Ecology: Wet and humid soils including acidic bogs Remark: This species was missing in checklist I. In the publication of Medoeva et al. (1987) only the geographic location is indicated; coordinates were applied via Google Earth., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Medoeva, Z. N., Kalabekov, A. L. & Kudakhtina, A. V. (1987) The structure of oribatid mites of pastures of Cross Pass. Fauna I Ecologiya Zhivontnikh Kavkaza, 1987, 111 - 119 [in Russian]","Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L. & Todria, N. (2019) A contribution to the knowledge of Georgian oribatid and mesostigmatid mites (Acari) with new records in Georgia. Persian Journal of Acarology, 8 (4), 309 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.22073 / pja. v 8 i 4.51419"]}

Family: Hermanniellidae Grandjean, 1934 Hermanniella septentrionalis Berlese, 1910 Distribution in Georgia: Batumi (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2007); village Ghari, soil in coniferous forest, N42.590187 ˚ E43.457181 ˚, 1115m a.s.l., one individual coll. N. Todria, 26 Sep. 2019. Global distribution: Holarctic Ecology: Humid forest soils Remark: This species was missing in checklist I. Darejanashvili & Gurgenidze (2004) report it from various forest types of Eastern Georgia without providing exact geographic location; therefore, we do not include this record in the list. Shtanchaeva & Subías report the species from Batumi botanical garden., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Shtanchaeva, U. Y & Subias, L. S. (2007) The fauna of oribatid mites (Acari, oribatida) in subtropical forests of Eastern Caucasus and Western Transcaucasus. In: Mountnous ecosystems and their components. Proceedings of the International Congress, Nalchik, 2007, pp. 186 - 194. [in Russian]","Darejanashvili, Sh. & Gurgenidze, L. (2004) Ecological complexes of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatei) in various types of forests of Eastern Georgia. Proceedings of Institute of Zoology, 22, 102 - 105. [in Georgian]"]}

Family: Oppiidae Grandjean, 1953 Graptoppia paraanalis Subias & Rodrigues, 1985 Distribution in Georgia: Village Patardzeuli, N41.73694882 ˚ E45.248295118 ˚ 803 m a.s.l. Arable land, seven individuals coll. M. Murvanidze, 19 Jul. 2016. Global Distribution: Western Palaearctic Ecology: According to Weigmann (2006) this species mainly occurs in cultured soils., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Weigmann, G. (2006) Hornmilben (Oribatida). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 76. Teil. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 520 pp."]}

Family: Damaeidae Berlese, 1896 Belba paracorynopus Bulanova-Zakhvatkina, 1962 Distribution in Georgia: Village Chiora, litter from mixed forest with Fagus orientalis and Taxus baccata, N42.75822 ˚ E43.56074 ˚, 1750 m a.s.l. Two individuals, coll. N. Todria, 20 Aug. 2016 (Miko et al. 2017). Global Distribution: Eastern Palaearctic Ecology: Forest litter/soils Coronabelba unicornis Kolesnikov & Miko, 2022 Distribution in Georgia: Tkvarcheli, beech/laurel/cherry forest, N42.862778° E 41.770833°, 550m a.s.l., two individuals, coll. I. Turbanov, 20 March 2021 (Kolesnikov & Miko 2022). Global distribution: Caucasus Ecology: Forest soils, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Miko, L., Kolesnikov, V. B. & Murvanidze, M. (2017) Redescription of Belba paracorynopus Bulanova-Zakhvatkina, 1962. (Acarina: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Georgia. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 22 (11), 1884 - 1898. https: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 22.11.8","Kolesnikov, V. B. & Miko, L. (2022) Taxonomy of European Damaeidae X. Description of Coronabelba unicornis n. gen., n. sp. (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from Abkhazia, with comments on genus Metabelba Grandjean, 1936. Acarologia, 62 (2), 340 - 351. https: // doi. org / 10.24349 / 1 khj-v 25 f"]}

Family: Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934 Eobrachychthonius latior Berlese, 1910 Distribution in Georgia: Tbilisi, artificial meadow, N41.802089 ˚ E44.7660036 ˚, 469m a.s.l. Single individual, coll. M. Murvanidze, 15 Apr. 2016 (Murvanidze & Arabuli 2017) Global distribution: Holarctic Ecology: Forest soils and oligotrophic fens, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Murvanidze, M. & Arabuli, T. (2017) New records and some interesting findings of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Georgia. Annals of Agrarian Sciences, 15 (2), 195 - 197. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. aasci. 2017.05.014"]}

Family: Oribatulidae Thor, 1929 Oribatula (Oribatula) interrupta (Willmann, 1939) Distribution in Georgia: Javakheti plateau. Subalpine hay meadow. Soil. N˚41.3647024, E43.77508485 ˚, 2096 m a.s.l. Six individuals collected by L. Mumladze, 18 Sep. 2018; Samgle Klde cave. Soil from the cave entrance. N42.344692 ˚, E 43.337976 ˚, 403m a.s.l. One individual coll. Sh. Barjadze, 03 March 2017 (Murvanidze et al. 2019). Global distribution: Holarctic, Ethiopian Ecology: Mountainous meadow soils and moss Remark: The species is missing in checklist-I as explained by Murvanidze et al. (2019). O. (Zygoribatula) skrjabini (Bulanova-Zakhvatkina, 1967) Distribution in Georgia: Patardzeuli, arable land. N41.73694882 ˚; E45.248295118 ˚ 803 m a.s.l. 39 individuals collected by M. Murvanidze, 19 Jul. 2017 (Murvanidze & Arabuli 2017). Global distribution: Eastern Palaearctic Ecology: Dry arable meadows, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216, {"references":["Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L. & Todria, N. (2019) A contribution to the knowledge of Georgian oribatid and mesostigmatid mites (Acari) with new records in Georgia. Persian Journal of Acarology, 8 (4), 309 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.22073 / pja. v 8 i 4.51419","Murvanidze, M. & Arabuli, T. (2017) New records and some interesting findings of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Georgia. Annals of Agrarian Sciences, 15 (2), 195 - 197. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. aasci. 2017.05.014"]}

Family: Chamobatidae Grandjean, 1954 Chamobates birulai (Kulczynski, 1902) Distribution in Georgia: Bateti Lake. N41.895149 ˚ E43.767928 ˚ 1370 m a.s.l. Forested lake shore, three individuals coll. Nino Todria, 02 Oct. 2016. Global distribution: Holarctic Ecology: Wet to humid forest soils and meadows, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Todria, Nino, Maraun, Mark & Mumladze, Levan, 2023, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites-II, pp. 50-62 in Zootaxa 5227 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7518216

Additional file 1. Contains Tables S1-S4 and Figures S1-S6, providing further information on data sources, model structures and results of sensitivity analyses.

This dataset comprises 1,040,752 measurements, collated from 9,544 sampling locations in 46 countries and representing 10,635 species. The data was collated from 115 existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database was assembled as part of the PREDICTS project - Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems; https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html This release is an addition to the data presented with The 2016 release of the PREDICTS database (available on the NHM Data Portal: https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/the-2016-release-of-the-predicts-database).

Here we introduce the Soil BON Foodweb Team, a cross-continental collaborative network that aims to monitor soil animal communities and food webs using consistent methodology at a global scale. Soil animals support vital soil processes via soil structure modification, consumption of dead organic matter, and interactions with microbial and plant communities. Soil animal effects on ecosystem functions have been demonstrated by correlative analyses as well as in laboratory and field experiments, but these studies typically focus on selected animal groups or species at one or few sites with limited variation in environmental conditions. The lack of comprehensive harmonised large-scale soil animal community data including microfauna, mesofauna, and macrofauna, in conjunction with related soil functions, microbial communities, and vegetation, limits our understanding of biological interactions in soil systems and how these interactions affect ecosystem functioning. To provide such data, the Soil BON Foodweb Team invites researchers worldwide to use a common methodology to address six long-term goals: (1) to collect globally representative harmonised data on soil micro-, meso-, and macrofauna communities, (2) to describe key environmental drivers of soil animal communities and food webs, (3) to assess the efficiency of conservation approaches for the protection of soil animal communities, (4) to describe soil food webs and their association with soil functioning globally, (5) to establish a global research network for soil biodiversity monitoring and collaborative projects in related topics, (6) to reinforce local collaboration networks and expertise and support capacity building for soil animal research around the world. In this paper, we describe the vision of the global research network and the common sampling protocol to assess soil animal communities and advocate for the use of standard methodologies across observational and experimental soil animal studies. We will use this protocol to conduct soil animal assessments and reconstruct soil food webs at sites associated with the global soil biodiversity monitoring network, Soil BON, allowing us to assess linkages among soil biodiversity, vegetation, soil physico-chemical properties, climate, and ecosystem functions. In the present paper, we call for researchers especially from countries and ecoregions that remain underrepresented in the majority of soil biodiversity assessments to join us. Together we will be able to provide science-based evidence to support soil biodiversity conservation and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-05T05:00:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 George-SO-Global.pdf: 4233169 bytes, checksum: 9faad657460c5d69e137289ebd0e4488 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2022

The dominance of sex in Metazoa is enigmatic. Sexual species allocate resources to the production of males, while potentially facing negative effects such as the loss of well-adapted genotypes due to recombination, and exposure to diseases and predators during mating. Two major hypotheses have been put forward to explain the advantages of parthenogenetic versus sexual reproduction in animals, that is, the Red Queen hypothesis and the Tangled Bank/Structured Resource Theory of Sex. The Red Queen hypothesis assumes that antagonistic predator-prey/ parasite-host interactions favor sex. The Structured Resource Theory of Sex predicts sexual reproduction to be favored if resources are in short supply and aggregated in space. In soil, a remarkable number of invertebrates reproduce by parthenogenesis, and this pattern is most pronounced in oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari). Oribatid mites are abundant in virtually any soil across very different habitats, and include many sexual and parthenogenetic (thelytokous) species. Thereby, they represent an ideal model group to investigate the role of sexual versus parthenogenetic reproduction across different ecosystems and habitats. Here, we compiled data on oribatid mite communities from different ecosystems and habitats across biomes, including tropical rainforests, temperate forests, grasslands, arable fields, salt marshes, bogs, caves, and deadwood. Based on the compiled dataset, we analyzed if the percentage of parthenogenetic species and the percentage of individuals of parthenogenetic species are related to total oribatid mite density, species number, and other potential driving factors of the reproductive mode including altitude and latitude. We then interpret the results in support of either the Red Queen hypothesis or the Structured Resource Theory of Sex. Overall, the data showed that low density of oribatid mites due to harsh environmental conditions is associated with high frequency of parthenogenesis supporting predictions of the Structured Resource Theory of Sex rather than the Red Queen hypothesis. Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2019 peerReviewed

The site-level data frame and code to reproduce models in Burton et al. Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages. Human activities, particularly land-use change and habitat degradation, are driving major changes in biodiversity worldwide. However, studies of such effects have overwhelmingly focused on above-ground taxa: the effects on soil biodiversity are less well known, despite the importance of soil organisms in developing soil structure, nutrient cycling and water drainage. Modelling data collated as part of the Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity in Changing Terrestrial Systems (PREDICTS) project, we compared how the abundance of soil-dwelling and above-ground organisms responded to land-use and soil properties. We found that land use affects overall abundance differently in soil and above-ground assemblages. Abundance of soil organisms was markedly lower in cropland and plantation habitats than in primary vegetation and pasture. Soil properties influenced the overall abundance of soil biota in ways that differed among land uses, suggesting they shape both abundance and its response to land use. Soil properties also influenced the response of above-ground assemblages, but in ways that differed from their influence on soil assemblages. Our results caution against assuming that models or indicators derived from above-ground data can apply to soil assemblages, and highlight the potential value of incorporating soil properties into models of both soil and above-ground biodiversity.

Graptoppia (Graptoppia) paraanalis Subias and Rodriguez, 1985 * Material – New record for Turkey. One specimen in Çiftlik Village, Tekçam Area, Taşköprü forest, Kastamonu, N 41° 27′ 39.53′′, E 34° 19′ 42.99′′, alt. = 898 m, 5 June2018; one specimen in Yeşiltepe Area, Akçaabat, Trabzon, 27 May 2018, N 40° 58′ 24.75′′, E 39° 30′ 25.55′′, alt. = 348 m; seven specimens in Alasökü Village,Taşköprü forest, Kastamonu, 16 June 2018, N 41° 20′ 09.64′′, E 34° 25′ 58.98′′, alt = 1327 m; three specimens in Çamkonak Forests, Daday, Kastamonu, 09 October 2018, N 41° 23′ 54.24′′, E 33° 13′ 13.73′′, alt. = 1147 m. Tree bark and debris of P. abies and P. nigra. Global distribution – Palaearctic. Ecology – Litter and soil. Remarks – Turkish individuals are larger (285 × 155 µm) than reported by Subías and Rodriguez (1985) for Spanish and Italian specimens (232–245 µm). All other characters match the original description (Subías and Rodriguez 1985)., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on pages 261-262, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444, {"references":["Subias, L. S. & Rodriguez, P. (1985) Oppiidae (Acari, Oribatida) de los sabinares (Juniperus thurifera) de Espana III. Graptoppia a. str. Balogh. Cuadernos de Investigacion Biologica, Bilbao, 8: 69 - 76."]}

Oribatula (Zygoribatula) exilis exilis (Nicolet, 1855) Material – Two specimens in Karadedeoğlu Village, Tekkeyaylası Area, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 22′ 24.45′′, E 34° 23′ 25.15′′, alt. = 1224 m, 2 August 2018, tree trunk of P.nigra; 8 specimens in Çiftlik Village, Tekçam Area, Taşköprü forest, 15 May 2018, N 41° 15′ 19.75′′, E34° 14′ 06.85′′, alt. = 1329 m, tree bark and debris of P. nigra . Previous record in Turkey – Ankara (Grobler et al. 2005). Global distribution – Holarctic. Ecology – All types of habitats., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 265, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444, {"references":["Nicolet, M. H. (1855) Histoire naturales des Acariens qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. Archives du museum d'histoire naturelle, 7: 381 - 482 (In French).","Grobler, L., Bayram, S. & Cobanoglu, S. (2005) Two new records of Oribatula (Zygoribatula) species (Acari: Oribatida) from Turkey with redescriptions. Zoological Science, 22 (12): 1347 - 1351. DOI: 10.2108 / zsj. 22.1347."]}

Lepidozetes singularis Berlese, 1910 Material – Two specimens in Çiftlik Village Tekçam Area, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 14′ 39.56′′, E 34° 12′ 19.57′′, alt. = 1422 m, 15 May 2018, tree bark and debris of P. nigra . Previous record in Turkey – Erzurum (Ayyildiz et al. 2011b). Global distribution – Holarctic. Ecology – forest soils, moss, frequent on trees., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 264, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1910) Brevi diagnosi di generi e specie nuovi di Acari. Redia, 6 (2): 346 - 388.","Ayyildiz, N., Per, S. & Tasdemir, A. (2011 b) A new record for the oribatid mite fauna of Turkey: Lepidozetes singularis Berlese, 1910 (Acari, Oribatida, Tegoribatidae). Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering, 8 (2): 183 - 187."]}

Peloptulus (Peloptulus) phaeonotus (C.L. Koch, 1844) Material – One specimen in Köçekli Village, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 24′ 05.84′′, E 34° 22′ 30.42′′, alt. = 1193 m, 10 August 2018, tree bark and debris of P. sylvestris . Previous record in Turkey – Kayseri (Seniczak et al. 2014) Global distribution – Palaearctic. Ecology – All types of habitats., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 264, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444, {"references":["Seniczak, A., Seniczak, S., Kaczmarek, S. & Kowalski, J. (2014) Ontogeny of morphological traits in Phenopelopidae (Acari: Oribatida). International Journal of Acarology, 40 (8): 611 - 637. DOI: 10.1080 / 01647954.2014.975744."]}

Epimerella smirnovi longisetosa Kulijev, 1967 Material – One specimen in Tekke Dağı Natural Park, Ankara, N 40° 16′ 96.96′′, E 31° 91′ 72.68′′, alt. = 1424 m, 25 July 2018, soil. Previous record in Turkey – Amanos mountains (Ay and Ayyildiz 2019). Global distribution – Mediterranean. Ecology – Dry meadows and urban soils. Remarks – Kulijev (1962) reported a longer size for sensilli for E. smirnovi smirnovi Kulijev, 1962 (94 µm), while in paper published in 1967, the size of sensilli is indicated as 54 µm, but no size of sensilli is indicated for E. smirnovi longisetosa. We measured sensilli for Turksih individual which equals 80 µm. For Epimerella smirnovi smirnovi found in Georgia, size of sensilli is between 75–80 µm and matches the size of Turkish specimen., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 261, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444, {"references":["Kulijev, K. A. (1967) Two new genera of oribatid mites from Azerbaijan. Dokladi Akademii Nauk Azerbaijanskoi SSR, 23: 85 - 91 (In Russian).","Ay, Y. & Ayyildiz, N. (2019) Investigations on oppioid oribatid mites of Amanos Mountains (Turkey). Plant Protection Bullettin, 59 (3): 15 - 23 (In Turkish).","Kulijev, K. A. (1962) Fifteen new species of oribatid mites (Acariformes, Oribatei) of genera Oppia and Ceratozetes. Trudy Azerbaijanskogo Nauchno Issledovatelskogo Instituta, 13: 250 - 268 (In Russian)."]}

Scheloribates (Scheloribates) latipes (C.L. Koch, 1844) Material – One specimen in Çiftlik Village, Tekçam Area, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 22′ 14.15′′, E 34° 22′ 36.05′′, alt. = 1272 m, 5 September 2018, tree trunk of P. nigra; three specimens in Karadedeoğlu Village, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 22′ 55.11′′, E 34° 24′ 03.56′′, alt. = 1204 m, 24 July 2018, tree trunk of P. nigra; one specimen in Çiftlik Village, Tekçam Area, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 15′ 19.75′′, E 34° 14′ 06.85′′, alt. = 1329 m, 15 May 2018, tree bark and debris of P. nigra . Previous record in Turkey – Konya (Dik et al. 1999). Global distribution – Semicosmopolitan. Ecology – All types of habitats., Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 267, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444, {"references":["Dik, B., Guclu, F., Cantoray, F., Culbahce, S. & Stary, J. (1999) Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida): Faunistic list, seasonal density and intermediate hosts of Moniezia sp. in province of Konya. Turkish Journal of Veterinaryand Animal Sciences, 23 (2): 385 - 391."]}