Rilaena zakatalica Snegovaya and Chemeris, 2004

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

46. Rilaena zakatalica Snegovaya and Chemeris, 2004

Rilaena zakatalica Snegovaya and Chemeris, 2004: 273-274 (figs 39-58, original description)

Platybunus bucephalus - Mkheidze, 1959: 114 (mention)

Rilaena picta - Snegovaya, Chumachenko, 2011: 124 (mention)

Rilaena zakatalica - Snegovaya, 2013: 185 (mention)

Rilaena zakatalica - Snegovaya, Pkhakadze and Intskirveli, 2014: 201 (mention; locality data)

Type locality.

Azerbaijan, 22 km NE from Zakatala, Rochugel Mountain.

Occurrence data in Georgia.

Adjara • Zeraboseli, Kintrishi State Reserve; 450-600 m a.s.l.; leg. S.I. Golovatch, 13 October 1981; deciduous forest, litter, under stones (CJM). Abkhazia • N of Lake Ritsa, Gudauta Municipality; leg. J.A. Ushakov, 15 September 1985 (CJM). Guria • near Bakhmaro, 40 km SE of Nabeglavi, Chokhatauri Municipality; 1550-1700 m a.s.l.; leg. S.I. Golovatch and J. Martens, 8 June 1981; Abies , Picea , Fagus forest (CJM). Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti • Mestia / Becho / Shikhra; leg. T. Mkheidze, 10 August 1940 ( Mkheidze 1959). Imereti • Nearby Tkibuli; leg. S.I. Golovatch, 24 October 2018; deciduous forest, litter (CJM). • Rikoti Pass; 1000 m a.s.l.; leg. J. and B. Martens, 24 May 2023; mixed forest, Rhododendron , Pinus (CJM). Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti • Usholta Cave entrance, Oni municipality; leg. E. Maghradze and Sh. Barjadze, 25 July 2022 (CJM).

Global distribution.

Endemic to the Caucasian ecoregion: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russian Caucasus, Turkey ( Snegovaya 2013; Kurt 2015b).