12. Melitturga caucasica Morawitz, 1877

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Meliturga [sic!] caucasica Morawitz, 1877: 36, ♀.

Type locality: Kasbeck Mt. (Georgia).

Published (original) locality: “Kasbek”.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Proshchalykin et al. 2016: 568, Kasbek [Georgia, Kazbek Mt., 44°32′N 42°40′E] // caucasica . Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Syntypes // Lectotype Melitturga caucasica Morawitz, 1877, design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2016 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS _ HYM_0002756 .

Paralectotypes: 4 ♀, the same label as in the lectotype .

Current status. Melitturga (Melitturga) praestans Giraud, 1861 (synonymised by Warncke 1972: 103).

Distribution. Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece (north), Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Russia (Bashkortostan Republic, Orenburg Province), Iran, Kazakhstan (Proshchalykin et al. 2016; personal communication of T.J. Wood).