The taxonomic status of the Caucasian cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion Chthonius satapliaensis (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)

Globochthonius satapliaensis (Schawaller & Dashdamirov, 1988) (n. comb.) originally described as Chthonius (Chthonius) satapliaensis from a single female collected in the Sataplia II Cave, Imereti Region (Georgia) is redescribed and depicted based on specimens of both sexes from caves of Sataphlia-Tskaltubo karst massif and Zemo Imereti Plateau. Information on all cave recorded pseudoscorpion species from Georgia is given.Sampling of the cave dwelling invertebrates was carried out within the frameworks of the Institutional Grant of Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia: “Taxonomy, fauna and ecology of the invertebrates in the long and biospeleologically poorly investigated caves of Imereti and Samegrelo regions” and the grant: “Conservation actions and invertebrates investigations in Sataplia-Tskaltubo karst caves, Georgia” supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP)