Opilio hemseni Roewer, 1952

Modebadze, Naia, Martens, Jochen, Snegovaya, Nataly & Barjadze, Shalva, 2023, An annotated list of the Georgian harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones), Caucasiana 2, pp. 211-230 : 211

33. Opilio hemseni Roewer, 1952

Opilio hemseni Roewer, 1952: 512-513 (fig. 1, original description)

Opilio reginae Staręga, 1966: 404 (figs 19-21, original description)

Opilio reginae - Staręga, 1978: 227 (mention)

Opilio hemseni - Snegovaya, 2013: 185 (mention)

Opilio hemseni - Snegovaya, Pkhakadze and Intskirveli, 2014: 206 (mention; locality data from historical collection of the Georgian National Museum)

Type locality.

Iran, Isfahan province, Pir Bakran.

Occurrence data in Georgia.

Abkhazia • Kelasuri Cave, Sokhumi Municipality; leg. B. Pisarski, 11 November 1963 ( Staręga 1966). • near Gumista River; Sokhumi Municipality; leg. B. Pisarski, 21 November 1963 ( Staręga 1966). • Dow pass, Sokhumi Municipality; leg. K.A. Satunin, 18 August 1913 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Tsebelda, Gudauta Municipality; leg. Y.V. Voronov, August 1913 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Pehu, Sokhumi Municipality; leg. K. A. Satunin, August 1913 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Adjara • Batumi Botanical Garden, Kobuleti Municipality; collector not mentioned, 19 July 1965 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Tsikhisdziri, Kobuleti Municipality; collector not mentioned, 20 June 1972 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti • Mestia; leg. T. Mkheidze, 6 August 1940 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Zekari pass; leg. T. Mkheidze, 21 August 1946 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Guria • Lanchkhuti; leg. T. Mkheidze, 10 August 1939 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Chokhatauri; leg. T. Mkheidze, 12 August 1945 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Shua Surebi, Chokhatauri Municipality; collector not mentioned, August 1988 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Kvemo Kartli • Rosha, Manglisi, Dmanisi Municipality; collector not mentioned, 18 July 1969 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Kakheti • Telavi; leg. L. Mlokosevich, 8 August 1907 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Lagodekhi; leg. L. Mlokosevich, 18 August 1910 (Snegovaya et al. 2014).

Global distribution.

Endemic to the Caucasian ecoregion: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Caucasian part of Russia ( Staręga 1978; Snegovaya 2010, 2013).