Neuratelia caucasica Zaitzev, 1994

Kurina, Olavi, Ounap, Erki & Poldmaa, Kadri, 2015, Two new Neuratelia Rondani (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) species from Western Palaearctic: a case of limited congruence between morphology and DNA sequence data, ZooKeys 496, pp. 105-129 : 113-114

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Mycetophilidae

Neuratelia caucasica Zaitzev, 1994 Figs 11, 12, 16

Studied material.

GEORGIA. 2♂♂ 2♀♀, Surami, 42°01'34,2"N, 043°29'52,5"E, 941 m a.s.l., sweeping, O. Kurina leg. 18.v.2012 (IZBE0200255- IZBE0200258, in alcohol); 2♂♂ 1♀, Borjomi, 41°50'9,2"N, 043°19'56,7"E, 936 m a.s.l., sweeping, O. Kurina leg. 21.v.2012 (IZBE0200259, ♂, on pin with terminalia in glycerine; IZBE0200260, IZBE0200261, in alcohol); 3♂♂ 4♀♀, Mtirala NP, near visitor centre, 41°40'20,7"N, 041°52'31,8"E, 465 m a.s.l., sweeping, O. Kurina leg. 20.v.2013 (IZBE0200262, ♂, slidemounted in Euparal with terminalia in glycerine; IZBE0200263-IZBE0200268, in alcohol); 1♂ 2♀♀, Kintrishi NP, 41°45'11,7"N, 041°58'38,4"E, 453 m a.s.l., sweeping, O. Kurina leg. 22.v.2013 (IZBE0200269-IZBE0200271, in alcohol).

Specific discussion.

Having been described from North Caucasus (Krasnodarsk region), the species has not been recorded since and the studied material represents the first records from Georgia. According to male terminalia the species is close to Neuratelia minor and Neuratelia jabalmoussae sp. n.