Adshardicus Golovatch, 1981

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Genus Adshardicus Golovatch, 1981

Diagnosis. Differs from the other Caucasian anthroleucosomatids by the structure of the anterior gonopods with a strongly developed sternal sac or with a pair of very long medial lamellae, as well as in certain details of body and leg structure such as the presence of a medial frontal tubercle between the antennal sockets, of a depression between both ocellaria or of a highly characteristic dentate processes on male leg-pair 7 (see Golovatch 1981: 10, fig 19).

Distribution. Georgia, Turkey ( Golovatch 1981; Enghoff 2006; present study) ( Fig. 168 , yellow rhombus). Type species. Adshardicus strasseri Golovatch, 1981 , by original designation.

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FIGURE 168. Distribution of the Caucasian Anthroleucosomatidae: the Caucaseuma complex.