Ceratozetes bulanovae Kulijev, 1962

Murvanidze, Maka, Mumladze, Levan & Todria, Nino, 2019, A contribution to the knowledge of oribatid and mesostigmatic mites (Acari) with new records in Georgia, Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (4), pp. 309-325 : 315

Ceratozetes bulanovae Kulijev, 1962

Diagnostic characters – Measurements: 410 × 235 μm; in 90 μm; le 40 μm; ss 30 μm; lamellar cuspides very long, 45 μm.

Material – Udabno Village (N 41.502100, E 45.370250, 769m a.s.l.) overgrazed pasture, one individual, coll. Todria, N., 26.06.2017 .

Distribution in Caucasus – New for Georgia. Known from: Russia – Rostov, Sochi, Dilim; Azerbaijan – Gajikend, Zakatala, Chiragedzor, Sheki, Karabakh, Kura-Arax valley ( Shtanchaeva and Subias 2010).

Global distribution – Mediterranean (Subias 2004, update 2018).

Habitat – According to the original description ( Kulijev 1962), the species is frequently found on anthropogenic disturbed lands, such as arable lands and pastures. We confirm this species to be adapted to disturbed ecosystems by finding them in severely overgrazed pastures.

Remarks

Measures of Georgian individuals generally match with those provided in original description: body size 399–420 × 273–294 μm, in 96 μm, le 51 μm ( Kulijev 1962); sensilla are reported to be about 43 μm in size, while length of sensilla is about 30 μm in Georgian individuals.