Dicranolasma giljarovi Silhavy , 1966

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

2. Dicranolasma giljarovi Silhavy, 1966

Dicranolasma giljarovi Šilhavý, 1966: 153-154 (figs 14-20, original description)

Dicranolasma hoberlandti - Staręga, 1966: 390 (mention)

Dicranolasma giljarovi - Staręga, 1978: 200 (mention)

Dicranolasma giljarovi - Snegovaya, 2004: 308 (mention)

Dicranolasma giljarovi - Snegovaya and Chumachenko, 2011: 119 (mention)

Dicranolasma giljarovi - Schönhofer, 2013: 22 (mention)

Type locality.

Russia, Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana.

Distribution in Georgia.

Batumi Botanical Garden, Kobuleti Municipality, Adjara region ( Staręga 1966). In Georgia, the species is widely distributed from Black Sea level to at least 1030 m a.s.l. (CJM). It is unclear whether all populations belong to the same species. Detailed genitalic and genetic investigations are also needed for clear differentiation to Dicranolasma ponticum .

Occurrence data in Georgia.

Adjara • 7 km NE of Batumi; 550 m a.s.l.; leg. V. Brachat and H. Meybohm, 9 June 2021 (CJM). • Kintrishi Strict Nature Reserve, Kobuleti Municipality; 430 m a.s.l.; leg. V. Brachat and H. Meybohm, 10 June 2021 (CJM). • Chakvistavi, Kobuleti municipality; 280 m a.s.l.; leg. V. Brachat and H. Meybohm, 20 June 2021 (CJM). Guria • Vakijvari, Ozurgeti Municipality; 430 m a.s.l.; leg. V. Brachat and H. Meybohm, 12 June 2021 (CJM). • Villages Tsipa and Pona, Kharagauli municipality; 980-1030 m a.s.l.; leg. J. and B. Martens, 16 July 2019; low Fagus orientalis forest, banks of a stream (CJM). Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti • 25 km N of Jvari, Tsalenjikha Municipality; 600 m a.s.l.; leg. J. and B. Martens; 20 July 2019; damp broad-leaved forest on a steep slope, ground moss covered (CJM).

Global distribution.

Near-endemic to the Caucasian ecoregion. Widely distributed in Georgia, Russian Caucasus, Turkey; Crimea ( Staręga 1978; Chemeris and Kovblyuk 2005; Kurt 2014).