Kartvelobia sinuata Grego & Mumladze, 2020

Grego, Jozef, Mumladze, Levan, Falniowski, Andrzej, Osikowski, Artur, Rysiewska, Aleksandra, Palatov, Dimitry M. & Hofman, Sebastian, 2020, Revealing the stygobiotic and crenobiotic molluscan biodiversity hotspot in Caucasus: Part I. The phylogeny of stygobiotic Sadlerianinae Szarowska, 2006 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Georgia with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 955, pp. 1-77 : 1

Kartvelobia sinuata Grego & Mumladze sp. nov. Plates 1 (1-3); 2(1-15); 3(1-4); 4(5-7); 5(3); Fig. 9A-E

Type locality.

Georgia • Imereti, Satsiskvilo, Turchusmtha (თურჩუსმთა, სოფელი საწისქვილო); 42°29'49"N, 42°32'49"E; 980 m a.s.l.; Small spring at left side of path to the plateau.

Material.

Holotype: Georgia • 1 adult, dry; type locality; 02 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg.; ISU FM-T020-H. Paratypes: Georgia • same as for holotype; ISU FM-T020-P1/500 dry specimens, SBMNH 633041/7 dry, NHMW 113374/10 dry, HNHM 104683/10 dry, NHMUK 20191339/10 dry, NHMB 563971/10 dry, SMF 358930/10 dry, ZMH 140635/10 dry, MNHN-IM-2016-7894, ZIN 1/511-2020/10 dry, coll. JG F0989/500 dry, coll. Glöer /2 dry; Other material: Georgia • Imereti, Nakhriduri, Turchu Gamosadivari Cave; 42°29'13"N, 42°31'20"E; 951 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg., JG/3 dry. • Imereti, Nakhriduri 3 spring at Turchu Gamosadivari Basin left side; 42°28'41"N, 42°30'45"E; 860 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg. JG/5 dry. • Imereti, Nakhriduri 2, Turchu Gamosadivari Basin left side spring above small ford; 42°28'39"N, 42°30 43"E; 860 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg., JG/6 dry. • Imereti, Kinchkhaperdi (კინჩხაფერდი), spring right along the road to Askhi Plateau; 42°30'7"N, 42°33'34"E; 880 m a.s.l.; 02 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg. JG/3 dry. • Imereti, Upskhero Spring Lake (უფსკერო ტბა) at Turchu Gamosadivari Basin; 42°27'47"N, 42°30'3"E; 890 m a.s.l.; 03 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg. JG/6 dry. • Imereti, Turchusmtha, spring of Okatse above Kinchkha waterfall; 42°29'49"N, 42°32'49"E; 1050 m a.s.l.; 02 May 2018; J. Grego, L. Mumladze and M. Olšavský leg. JG/5 dry.

Figures

Plate 1. 1 - 3 Kartvelobia sinuata sp. nov. Imereti, Satsiskvilo, Turchusmtha, specimens used for molecular and anatomical study. Measurement of aperture declination angle (CA): aperture-elongation axis vs. the columella is depicted in green. The numbers correspond to individuals, and the letters represent the different views of the same individual. Photograph A. Falniowski.

Figure 9. Kartvelobia sinuata sp. nov., Imereti, Satsiskvilo, Turchusmtha, morphology of the reproductive organs A-D morphology of the penis E female renal and pallial section of reproductive organs. Bc - bursa copulatrix; cbc - duct of bursa copulatrix; ga - albuminoid gland; gn - nidamental gland; gp - gonoporus; ov - oviduct; ovl - loop of oviduct; rs - receptaculum seminis; vc - ventral channel. Photograph and drawing A. Falniowski.