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The Carabodidae is a large and globally distributed family of oribatid mites with about 34 genera (Mahunka 1986, 1987) and many species. Three genera of Carabodidae have been recorded from Georgia: Austrocarabodes Hammer, 1966, Carabodes C. L. Koch, 1835 and Odontocepheus Berlese, 1913, with 17 species in total (see Shtanchaeva 2001). Research carried out recently in different regions of Georgia provided additional knowledge on the taxonomy and distribution of these mites (Weigmann & Murvanidze 2003). In this paper we describe a new species (Carabodes djaparidzae sp. n.) and a new subspecies (Austrocarabodes foliaceisetus georgiensis subsp. n.) and additionally, a regional form of the Nearctic Carabodes granulatus Banks, 1895. This paper contributes to a revision of the regional fauna of Georgia, a region which links three Palaearctic biogeographical regions (Caucasian region, partly alpine – Turkish and Iranian regions, subtropic to tropic) and, therefore, is of high biogeographical interest. This revision includes critical discussion of earlier descriptions of Caucasian species and of Georgian records of species described from other regions originally. Material and methods The material was collected by soil samples; the mites were extracted by use of modified Berlese-funnels. The animals were stored in ethanol until preparation and were studied after clearance in lactic acid in open hollow-ground microscope slides covered partly with a cover slip, which allows to view the animal in different positions. Permanent slide preparations are mounted in modified Berlese-fluid. The terminology of morphological structures follows van der Hammen (1980) and Weigmann (2006).
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