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Two new Trechini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Georgian caves, Caucasus
Eter Maghradze1, Shalva Barjadze2, Roman Lohaj3
1Institute of Biology and Ecology; faculty of Science; P. J. Šafárik University in Košice; Šrobárova 2; 04154 Košice; Slovakia.; Institute of Zoology; Ilia State University; Giorgi Tsereteli 3; 0162; Tbilisi; Republic of Georgia.. eter.magradze.1@iliauni.edu.ge.
Abstract:
During investigations of the cave fauna in Georgia, two new taxa of carabid beetles were discovered. Inotrechus usholtaensis sp. nov. from Usholta Cave and Duvalius gregoi sp. nov. from Kvedi II Cave, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, Georgia, are described, illustrated, and differentiated from morphologically similar species. Identification keys to the species of the genera Inotrechus and Duvalius from the Caucasus are provided.

