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42 M. Nassirkhani & L. Mumladze between the newly collected specimens from Georgia, e.g. the cheliceral fingers’ dentition (see Figs 3, 7). The specimens belonging to N. ( N .) moreoticum repor- ted from Bulgaria were found in litters of Fagus orientalis , Rhododendron ponticum , Quercus cerris , and Quercus spp. and also on the soil surface (Petrov & Šťáhlavský 2007). During recent collection attempts across Georgia, this species has been collected from similar habitats (leaf litter of mixed bro- adleaf forest dominated by Fagus orientalis with or without evergreen understory). Moreover, the species was also coll- ected in litter of a coniferous forest at the elevation of 2070 m a.s.l. (ISUPS5). Until now, N. ( N .) moreoticum was only known from single locality in central Georgia (surroundings of Gori town), however new locality records include south and western parts of South Great Caucasus and Lesser Cau- casus mountains from an elevation of 500 m up to 2100 m a.s.l. (Fig. 15). Acknowledgements This study was supported by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foun- dation under the research grants Biodiversity of Freshwater Molluscs of Georgia (#217082). The authors wish to thank Dr. Christoph Hörweg (Natural History Museum,Vienna) for his kindness andMr. Mahmoud Nassirkhani (Arak, Iran) for his assistance. References Beier M 1931 Zur Kenntnis der troglobionten Neobisien (Pseu- doscorp.). – Eos, Madrid 7: 9-23 Beier M 1932 Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobi- siinea. – Das Tierreich 57: 1-258 Beier M 1949Türkiye Psevdoscorpion’lari hakkinda.Türkische Pseu- doscorpione. – Revue de la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université d’Istanbul (B) 14: 1-20 Beier M 1959 Ergänzungen zur iberischen Pseudoscorpioniden- Fauna. – Eos, Madrid 35: 113-131 Beier M 1962 Über kaukasische Pseudoskorpione. – Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 64: 146-153 Beier M 1963 Ordnung Pseudoscorpionidea (Afterskorpione). Be- stimmungsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas, Berlin. 313 pp. Chamberlin JC 1931 The arachnid order Chelonethida. – Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences 7(1): 1-284 Ćurčić BPM 1984 The genus Neobisium Chamberlin, 1930 (Neo- bisiidae, Pseudoscorpiones, Arachnida): on new species from the USSR and the taxonomy of its subgenera.– GlasnikMuzeja Srpske Zemlje, Beograd (B) 39: 124-153 Dashdamirov S & Schawaller W 1992 Pseudoscorpions of the Caucasian fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). – Arthropoda Selecta 1(4): 31-72 Harvey MS 1992The phylogeny and classification of the Pseudoscor- pionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). – Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1373-1435 – doi: 10.1071/IT9921373 Harvey MS 2013 Pseudoscorpions of the world, version 3.0.Western AustralianMuseum,Perth. Internet: http://www.museum.wa.gov. au/catalogues-beta/pseudoscorpions (7.XI.2018) Harvey MS, Ratnaweera PB, Udagama PV & Wijesinghe MR 2012 A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Megachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with a threatened Sri Lankan rainforest rodent, with a review of host associations of Megachernes . – Journal of Natural History 46: 2519-2535 – doi: 10.1080/00222933.2012.707251 Judson MLI 2007 A new and endangered species of the pseudoscor- pion genus Lagynochthonius from a cave in Vietnam, with notes on chelal morphology and the composition of the Tyrannochthoniini (Arachnida, Chelonethi, Chthoniidae). – Zootaxa 1627: 53-68 – doi: 10.5281/zenodo.179321 Mahnert V 1988 Neobisium carcinoides (Hermann,1804) (Pseudoscor- pionida, Neobisiidae) – une espèce polymorphe? – Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bretagne 59: 161-174 Nassirkhani M & Doustaresharaf MM 2018 New records of epi- gean Neobisium species (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from northwestern Iran. – Arachnology 17: 367-374 – doi: 10.13156/ arac.2017.17.8.367 Petrov BP & Šťáhlavský F 2007 New species of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) for the fauna of Bulgaria.–Historia naturalis bulgarica 18: 15-27 Rafalski I 1949 Pseudoscorpionidea z Kaukazu w zbiorach Państwowego Muzeum Zoologicznego. – Annales Musei Zoolo- gici Polonici 14: 75-120 Schmalfuss H & Schawaller W 1984 Die Fauna der Ägäis-Insel Santorin,Teil 5 (Arachnida und Crustacea). – Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) 371: 1-16 Zaragoza JA 2008 On the status of the subspecies of Roncocreagris galeonuda (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae): importance of the chelal microsetae pattern. Remarks on the genus Roncocreagris Mahnert. – Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 15: 35-46 Tab. 1: Dimensions of pedipalpal femur and chelal hand (with pedicel) of Neobisium ( N .) moreoticum Beier, 1931 ( ) ) Neobisium ( N .) moreoticum Pedipalpal femur length/breadth (mm) Chelal hand length (mm) Reference Type 0.98/0.22 0.78 Beier (1931, 1963) Males from Gori-Georgia 0.90-0.94/0.22-0.24 0.72-0.75 Rafalski (1949) Males from Bulgaria 1.15-1.17/0.26 0.86-0.88 Petrov & Šťáhlavský (2007) Males from Georgia 0.78-1.20/0.19-0.28 0.61-0.99 Present study