Ceratophysella caucasica Martynova, 1971 Material. 4 females, and 53 juveniles, ~120 ind. in ethanol, Russia, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Adylsu River valley, Kashkatash glacier foreland, 43.217998°N, 42.685711°E, 2300 m alt., pine forests, numerous on mushrooms, 16.07–3.08.2023, M. Antipova & A. Babenko leg; 6 females, and 43 juveniles, ~300 ind. in ethanol Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Dombai, 43.301551°N, 41.555444°E, ~ 2000 m alt., willow-birch forests, mushrooms, 15–25.07.2024, M. Antipova leg. Remarks. The species possesses a noticeable feature, a spherical integumentary outgrowth on Abd. V, which relates it to C. stercoraria (Stach, 1963) from Central Asia. It is no coincidence that specimens from the vicinity of Sukhumi (Abkhazia) were initially identified by Martynova (1964) as C. stercoraria (Stach, 1963). Subsequently, based on this same material, it was described as C. caucasica (Martynova, 1971). According to Babenko et al. (1994), mixed populations of these two species were recorded from the Caucasus. DNA material. GenBank under accession numbers PX505038, PX505039.

Published as part of Babenko, Anatoly & Antipova, Maria, 2025, Two new species of the springtail genus Ceratophysella Börner, 1932 from the Caucasus (Collembola: Hypogastruridae), pp. 391-408 in Zootaxa 5725 (3) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/17869437