January 2015
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Publications (6)
July 2014
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208 Reads
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13 Citations
Zootaxa
the study of specimens collected by the first author, a new species of Argonychiurus from a Georgian cave is described.
July 2014
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154 Reads
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8 Citations
Zoology in the Middle East
The collembolan species Plutomurus kelasuricus Martynova, 19695. Martynova, E. (1969): Springtails of the family Tomoceridae (Collembola) from the fauna of the USSR [in Russian]. Entomological Review, 43, 299–314.View all references is redescribed and illustrated based on material sampled in Georgian caves. Differences from the morphologically similar P. abchasicus Martynova, 19695. Martynova, E. (1969): Springtails of the family Tomoceridae (Collembola) from the fauna of the USSR [in Russian]. Entomological Review, 43, 299–314.View all references are discussed. A key to species of the genus Plutomurus found in the Caucasus is provided.
May 2011
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197 Reads
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24 Citations
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
A new species, Plutomurus birsteini sp. n., from Georgian caves is described and illustrated. It is similar to Plutomurus baschkiricus (Skorikow, 1899). Differences between the species are discussed. A key to the genus Plutomurus species found in the Caucasus is provided.
January 2010
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602 Reads
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Cave and Karst Science
Currently there are 1306 known karst caves in Georgia, of which 480 are horizontal caves and 826 are shafts and chasms. Their total length is 240km and their cumulative depth is about 61km. The world's two deepest known caves, Krubera (Voronja) (2,191m deep) and Illyuzia-Mezhonnogo-Snezhnaya (1,753m deep), are located in Georgia. Information about the longest and deepest caves is provided. The histories of speleological and speleobiological investigations are briefly reviewed, and the necessity of advancing local people's speleological education is raised.
August 2008
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400 Reads
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Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
Two new species of the genus Plutomurus, P. revazi sp. nov. from Prometheus and Satsurblia caves and P. eristoi sp. nov. from Satevzia Cave are described, illustrated and differentiated from other morphologically closely related species. A high variability in the number of teeth in the claw, unguiculus and mucro of P. revazi sp. nov. demonstrate that these characters are not useful for species diagnosis. However, dorsal chaetotaxy was shown to be stable character for this purpose. Analysis of DNA sequences for the COI and 28S genes is congruent with species-level groups delimited by chaetotaxy, and provide additional support for chaetotaxy as the most reliable morphological character system to distinguish species in Plutomurus. A key to species of the genus Plutomurus found in Georgia is provided, which for the first time includes characters of the macrochaetotaxy.
Citations (5)
... Culver et al. (2006) suggested that the karstic regions of Georgia could be a potential hotspot for subterranean biodiversity. To date, 17 species of troglobitic beetles have been reported from Georgian caves, belonging to two families: Carabidae, the richest family with 16 species, and Staphylinidae, represented by just one species (Barjadze et al. 2015Maghradze et al. 2019). ...
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January 2015
... Georgia is a mountainous country located in the Caucasus region, between Russia, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan ( Fig. 1). As found in many countries in the world, Georgia is home to multiple, widespread karst massifs with welldeveloped karst areas and their associated landforms (Tsikarishvili et al. 2010;Asanidze et al. 2017a). ...
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January 2010
Cave and Karst Science
... To date, four Arrhopalites species have been recorded in Caucasian caves: A. caecus (Tullberg, 1871) from Solkota Cave in the Imereti Region; A. abchasicus Vargovitsh, 2013 from Psyrtskha and Novoafonskaya caves in Novy Afon; A. macronyx Vargovitsh, 2012 from Anukhvinskaya Cave near Novy Afon; and A. profundus Vargovitsh, 2022 from the deep Snezhnaya Cave in the Bzyb Mountain Range (Barjadze & Djanashvili 2008;Vargovitsh 2012Vargovitsh , 2013Vargovitsh , 2022. The latter two species exhibit extraordinarily elongated claws and other adaptations characteristic of hygropetric-neustonic troglomorphs. ...
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August 2008
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
... The following ten species of this genus are known from Georgia (Martynova 1969;Kniss & Thibaud 1999;Djanashvili & Barjadze 2011;Barjadze & Djanashvili 2014;Jordana et al. 2012; Barjadze et al. 2016Barjadze et al. , 2018Barjadze et al. , 2020aBarjadze et al. , 2022: P. abchasicus Martynova, 1969, P. birsteini Djanashvili & Barjadze, 2011 Barjadze, Baquero, Soto-Adames, Giordano & Jordana, 2016, P. jordanai Barjadze & Soto-Adames, 2020(Barjadze et al. 2020a, P. kelasuricus Martynova, 1969, P. kharagauliensis Barjadze, Kováč & Parimuchová, 2022(Barjadze et al. 2022, P. ortobalaganensis Jordana & Baquero, 2012(Jordana et al. 2012, P. pichkhaiai Barjadze, Jordana & Soto-Adames, 2018(Barjadze et al. 2018, P. revazi Barjadze, Baquero, Soto-Adames, Giordano & Jordana, 2016 and P. shurubumuensis Barjadze, Jordana & Soto-Adames, 2018(Barjadze et al. 2018. Except of P. abchasicus that occupies forest soils, the other Georgian congeners are cave inhabitants. ...
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May 2011
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
... nov. is presently known from only the type locality, the Verdzistava I Cave. Lekhumian Tvishi Cave mentioned in Djanashvili & Barjadze (2011) and Djanashvili et al. (2014) should be also named as Verdzistava I Cave, from where two springtail species are known: Argonychiurus multiocellatus Djanashvili, Barjadze, Jordana et Burkhardt, 2014 (Onychiuridae) (troglobiont) and plutomurus birsteini Djanashvili et Barjadze, 2011 (Tomoceridae) (troglophile). ...
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July 2014
Zootaxa