Caucasiana (Oct 2022)

First DNA-based record of Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855 (Orthoptera: Mogoplistidae) from Georgia

  • Eka Arsenashvili,
  • Natalia Bulbulashvili,
  • Lasha-Giorgi Japaridze

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.1.e85093
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1
pp. 17 – 19

Abstract

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The widespread Mediterranean cricket, Arachnocephalus vestitus (Orthoptera: Mogoplistidae), is hereby reported as a new record for Georgia. In total, four females have been examined in 2020 and 2021, of which three specimens have been collected, and the information on the fourth one is based on photographic evidence. Cytochrom oxydase I (COI) barcoding further validates our finding.