Opilio arborphilus Snegovaya, 2010

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

31. Opilio arborphilus Snegovaya, 2010

Opilio arborphilus Snegovaya, 2010: 7, 9 (figs 74-82, original description)

Opilio arborphilus - Snegovaya, 2013: 185 (mention)

Opilio arborphilus - Snegovaya, Pkhakadze and Intskirveli, 2014: 204 (mention; locality data from historical collection of the Georgian National Museum)

Type locality.

Azerbaijan, Ismailly Municipality, Chaygovshan.

Occurrence data in Georgia.

Abkhazia • Ritsa Lake, Sokhumi Municipality; leg. K.A. Satunin, 8 September 1919 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Adjara • Kobuleti; leg. Y.N. Voronov, July/August 1917 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti • Mestia; 23 August 1965 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Guria • Bakhmaro; leg. T. Mkheidze, 9 August 1939 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti • Choluri Valley, Lentekhi Municipality; leg. A.N. Kaznakov, 5 August 1910 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Samtskhe-Javakheti • Nakalakevi, Aspindza Municipality; 18 September 1973 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). Kvemo Kartli • Tsalka; leg. D. Mikhailov and B. Kozminykh, 12/19 August 1989; oak, hornbeam, beech forest ( Snegovaya 2010). Mtskheta-Mtianeti • Bazaleti Lake, Dusheti Municipality; leg. D.N. Bocharikov, 6 September 1917 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Gveleti, Dusheti Municipality; 22 August 1937 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Mtskheta; August 1964 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Environs of Tbilisi; leg. T. Mkheidze, 1972 ( Snegovaya 2010). Kakheti • Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, Lagodekhi Municipality; 1958 (Snegovaya et al. 2014). • Lagodekhi; 7 July 1968 (Snegovaya et al. 2014).

Global distribution.

Endemic to the Caucasian ecoregion: Georgia, Azerbaijan (Snegovaya, 2010, 2013).