Leuctridae Klapálek, 1905

Leuctra svanetica Zhiltzova 1960

Material examined: 2 ♂, 1♀ Abkhazia. Ochamchyr District. Cave Head of Otap, sweeping above stream in cave, around lamps of the artificial lighting, 42°55.193 N 41°32.196 E, 0 5.0 2.2018, coll. D. Palatov.

Distribution. Karachay-Cherkessia, Georgia, Turkey. An endemic of the Caucasus, a high mountain and crenophilic species, inhabiting streams higher than 1,800 m.a.s.l. Adult emergence occurs at the end of July into beginning of August (Zhiltzova, 2003). Adults were collected for the first time also in February.