Caucasogeyeria gloeri Grego & Mumladze, 2020

Grego, Jozef, Mumladze, Levan, Falniowski, Andrzej, Osikowski, Artur, Rysiewska, Aleksandra, Palatov, Dimitry M. & Hofman, Sebastian, 2020, Revealing the stygobiotic and crenobiotic molluscan biodiversity hotspot in Caucasus: Part I. The phylogeny of stygobiotic Sadlerianinae Szarowska, 2006 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Georgia with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 955, pp. 1-77 : 1

Caucasogeyeria gloeri Grego & Mumladze sp. nov. Plates 13 (1-7); 14(1-4); 16(9); 18(3)

Type locality.

Georgia • Imereti, Satsiskvilo, Turchusmtha (სოფელი საწისქვილო), small spring on the left side of path ascending the plateau; 42°29'25"N, 42°32'50"E; 980 m a.s.l.

Material.

Holotype: Georgia • 1 adult, dry; type locality; 02 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; ISU FM-T003-H. Paratypes: Georgia • same as for holotype; ISU FM-T003-P1/170 dry, SBMNH 633095/11 dry, NHMW 113363/2 dry, HNHM 104677/2 dry, NHMUK 20191333/2 dry, NHMB 563963 /2 dry, SMF 358924/2 dry, ZMH 140629/2 dry, MNHN-IM-2016-7894, ZIN 1/506-2020/2 dry, coll. JG F0990/170 dry, coll. Glöer /1 dry. Other material: Georgia • Imereti, Nakhriduri 2 left tributary spring at Turchu Gamosadivari Basin; 42°28'39"N, 42°30'43"E; 870 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/12 dry. • Imereti, Turchusmtha, Okatse Spring above Kinchkha waterfall; 42°29'49"N, 42°32'49"E; 1050 m a.s.l.; 02 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/19 dry. • Imereti, Nakhriduri, Turchu Gamosadivari Cave Spring; 42°29'13"N, 42°31'20"E; 954 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; E J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/4 dry. • Imereti, Nakhriduri left side tributary spring at Turchu Gamosadivari Basin above small ford; 42°28'39"N, 42°30'43"E; 875 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/27 dry. • Imereti, Upskhero (უფსკერო) Spring Lake at Turchu Gamosadivari Basin; 42°27'47"N, 42°30'3"E; 960 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/3 dry. • Imereti, Nakhriduri 1 at bottom of Turchu Gamosadivari Basin near farm house; 42°28'27"N, 42°30'13"E; 860 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/2 dry. • Imereti, Nakhriduri 3 spring at Turchu Gamosadivari Basin left tributary spring; 42°28'40"N, 42°30'46"E; 875 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/23 dry.• Imereti, Nakhiduri 2 left side spring above small ford; 42°28'39"N, 42°30'43"E; 870 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. JG/ dry. Georgia • Samegrelo, Pirveli Balda (პირველი ბალდა), spring in village above road; 42°29'2"N, 42°23'53"E; 300 m a.s.l. • Samegrelo, Pirveli Balda, Motena Cave; 42°28'36"N, 42°23'29"E; 480 m a.s.l.; 09 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; coll. ISU FM-HYD2/2 dry and JG/3 dry.

Figures

Plate 13. 1 - 7 Caucasogeyeria gloeri sp. nov. 1, 2 Imereti, Satsiskvilo, Turchusmtha 1 holotype 2 paratype 4 Imereti, Nakhriduri, Spring at Turchu Gamosadivari Basin 5 Imereti, Turchusmtha, spring of Okatse and cave above Kinchkha waterfall 6 Imereti, Nakhriduri, Turchu Gamosadivari Cave Spring 7 Imereti, Nakhriduri, left tributary spring in Turchu Gamosadivari Basin 3 Caucasogeyeria cf. gloeri 2, Samegrelo, Shurubumu, spring on left bank of Khobistskali River. The numbers correspond to individuals, and the letters represent the different views of the same individual. Photograph J. Grego.