Steganacarus (Tropacarus) carinatus carinatus (C.L. Koch, 1841)

Syn.: Steganacarus pulcherrimus (Berlese, 1887) sensu Karppinen et al. 1987, Murvanidze & Darejanashvili 2000; Tropacarus carinatus (C.L. Koch, 1841) sensu Djaparidze 1974, Krivolutsky & Tarba 1972; Tropacarus pulcherrimus (Berlese, 1887) sensu Djaparidze 1974, Krivolutsky & Tarba 1972

Distribution in Georgia. Whole country (Murvanidze et al. 2015; Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)

Global distribution. Palaearctic

Ecology. All types of habitats

Remark. Shtanchaeva & Subías (2012a) described S. (T.) adelaidae from several locations of Caucasus including Georgia. In the revision of Caucasian ptyctimous mites Niedbała (2015) compares this description with description of S. (T.) carinatus and ascertains that S. (T.) adelaidae is conspecific with S. (T.) carinatus .