TABLE 7 in Antennal troglomorphy in Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) with the description of two new cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 species from the Arabika Massif in the Caucasus

TABLE 7. Species of the family Arrhopalitidae recorded from the Caucasus. SpeciesLocationCaveSourceArrhopalites abchasicus Vargovitsh, 2013W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Novy Afon, Gumishkha-Psyrtskha MassifPsyrtskha; NovoafonskayaVargovitsh 2013, 2017Arrhopalites caecus (Tullberg, 1871)W Caucasus: Imereti, TskaltuboSolkotaBarjadze & Djanashvili 2008Arrhopalites colchicus Vargovitsh, 2025W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Verkhniaya Eshera, Gumishkha MassifVerkhneesherskaya (Upper Eshera)Vargovitsh 2025Arrhopalites macronyx Vargovitsh, 2012W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Novy Afon, Gumishkha-Psyrtskha MassifAnukhvinskayaVargovitsh 2012Arrhopalites profundus Vargovitsh, 2022W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Bzyb Mt. Range, Khipsta MassifSnezhnayaVargovitsh 2022Pygmarrhopalites arbaicus sp. nov.W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Gagra Mt. Range, Arabika MassifMoskva; Nadezhda; Sirota; Tochka ZhPresent studyPygmarrhopalites cochlearifer (Gisin, 1947)N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania, pine forests around Verkhniy Tsey and Nar-Kuznetsova et al. 2019Pygmarrhopalites dbari Vargovitsh, 2017W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Novy Afon, Gumishkha-Psyrtskha MassifPsyrtskhaVargovitsh 2017Pygmarrhopalites kovali Vargovitsh, 2017W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Tsebelda Karst MassifTsebeldinskaya; Verkhnyaya Shakuranskaya; TshalintshurVargovitsh 2017Pygmarrhopalites principalis (Stach, 1945)W Caucasus: Georgia (mainly in caves); N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania and Karachay-Cherkessia, forestsBnelaklde; Maghara; Sataplia I; Solkota; Tetri; Nikortsminda; TsakhiGrinbergs 1960; Dobrolyubova 1984; Kuchiev 2006; Barjadze & Djanashvili 2008; Antipova & Babenko 2022Pygmarrhopalites pygmaeus (Wankel, 1860)W Caucasus: Imereti, Tskaltubo (cave); N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania, forests of Tsey and Kassar gorgesChuneshiKuchiev 2006; Barjadze & Djanashvili 2008Pygmarrhopalites rystsovi Vargovitsh, 2022W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Bzyb Mt. Range, Khipsta MassifSnezhnaya; SouvenirVargovitsh 2022Pygmarrhopalites secundarius (Gisin, 1958)N Caucasus: Ossetia-Alania, Nar, pine forests-Kuznetsova et al. 2019; Antipova & Babenko 2022Pygmarrhopalites sericus (Gisin, 1947)W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Gagra Mt. Range, Arabika MassifTrechus GrottoPresent studyPygmarrhopalites trisetosus sp. nov.W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Gagra Mt. Range, Arabika MassifNadezhda; SirotaPresent studyTroglopalites stygios Vargovitsh, 2012W Caucasus: Abkhazia, Tsebelda Karst MassifNizhnyaya Shakuranskaya; Verkhnyaya Shakuranskaya; TsebeldinskayaVargovitsh 2012 ......continued on the next page