Colchidoniscus kutaissianus Borutzky, 1974

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Higher Taxonomy

Genus Colchidoniscus

Family Trichoniscidae

Order Isopoda

Class Malacostraca

Subphylum Crustacea

Phylum Arthropoda

Ecological Group
Troglobiont
Distribution
Georgia
Distr. in Georgia
Motena Cave Orpiri II Cave Patsristavi Cave Prometheus Cave Sakadzhia Cave Sakazhia Cave Sakire Cave Satevzia Cave Satsurblia Cave Solkota Cave Tetra Cave Melouri cave Datvis cave Kalitshona Cave Verdzistava II Cave Didghele cave
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Protection
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Species references

Borutzky E.V. 1974. New genera and species of terrestrial isopoda (Trichoniscidae) from caves of the Georgian SSR. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 53 (3): 338-344 (in Russian).

Juan A. Zaragoza, János Novák, Giulio Gardini, Eter Maghradze & Shalva Barjadze (2021) The taxonomic status of the Caucasian cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion Chthonius satapliaensis (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zoology in the Middle East, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2021.1965072

Margalitadze A, Kiria E, Gogshelidze M, Shavadze L, Modebadze N, Barjadze S (2025) Checklist of Invertebrates from the Racha and Khvamli Karst Massifs, Sakartvelo (Georgia). Caucasiana 4: 203-229. https://doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.4.e169350

Taiti, S., Shavadze, L., Maghradze, E. & Barjadze, S. (2026) The subfamily Haplophthalminae (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae) from Georgian caves (Caucasus), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa, 5787 (3), 515–535. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5787.3.6

Comments
Expert
Stefano Taiti
Contact Person
Shalva Barjadze
Citation
Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Shavadze, L., Gogshelidze M. 2019. Colchidoniscus kutaissianus Borutzky, 1974 Cave Biodiversity of Transcaucasia, Open Access Database. Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University. https://cbg.iliauni.edu.ge/en/taxonomy/show/79/dh.iliauni.edu.ge Accessed:
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