Scutpelecopsis wunderlichi Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009

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Scutpelecopsis wunderlichi Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009

Pelecopsis krausi Wunderlich, 1980 . – Tanasevitch, 1987: 360, misidentification, examined.– Tanasevitch, 1990: 58, 106, figs 23.8, 24.5, misidentification, examined.

Scutpelecopsis wunderlichi Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009: 60 , figs 1-11, 15-17, 20-26, 29-30, 35-43, 48-54, description Ƌ & ♀, types not examined.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Specimens previously determined as S. krausi , re-examined by A. Tanasevitch in 2010; 10 Ƌ, 4 ♀ ( CAT), Russia, Caucasus, Republic of Severnaya Osetiya- Alaniya, S slope of Tsey Mt Ridge, 3-4 km E of Tsey Village, 2300 m a.s.l., burned-out Pinus forest, young Pinus , Salix caprea , tallgrass, 18.IV.-8.VI.1985, leg. S. Alekseev. – 1 Ƌ ( ZMMU), same locality, 2000 m a.s.l., Pinus with Azalea , 28.IX.1985, leg. S. Alekseev. – 1 Ƌ ( ZMMU), same locality, 3000 m a.s.l., alpine meadow, 28.IX.1985, leg. S. Alekseev. – 10 Ƌ, 4 ♀ ( CAT), Caucasus, Georgia, Borzhomi District, Akhaldaba, 1000 m a.s.l., Nedzura River Valley, Picea , Carpinus & Fagus forest, litter, logs, 12.V.1983, leg. S. Golovatch. – 1 Ƌ ( ZMMU), Caucasus, Armenia, Shnokh Village (between Alaverdi & Bagratashen), 750 m a.s.l., Carpinus forest, 24.V.1987, leg. S. Golovatch & K. Eskov.

REMARKS: When describing S. wunderlichi from Abkhazia, Caucasus, Marusik & Gnelitsa (2009) noted that they have not seen the material of Pelecopsis krausi (now in Scutpelecopsis ) reported by A. Tanasevitch from the Caucasus ( Tanasevitch, 1987, 1990). This material is available in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State

Scutpelecopsis loricata sp. n., Ƌ holotype. (5) Left palp, retrolateral view. (6) Same, prolateral view. (7) Same, ventral view. (8) Palpal tibia, dorsal view.

University and in the personal collection of Andrei Tanasevitch. Our examination of the material listed above has shown that all records of S. krausi from the Caucasus actually refer to S. wunderlichi , thus the known distribution of S. krausi is restricted to the type locality in Macedonia.

DISTRIBUTION: Caucasus: Armenia, Georgia, Republic of Severnaya Osetiya- Alaniya, Russia ( Tanasevitch, 1987, 1990, under Pelecopsis krausi ) and Abkhazia ( Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009).

RANGE: Caucasian.