Publications by authors named "Mzia Kokhia"
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- - The article provides an overview of earthworm species in Georgia, revealing approximately 90 species from 13 genera found across the country, with a significant concentration in nature reserves.
- - It highlights that 46 of these species are endemic to the Caucasus, indicating the region's unique biodiversity and climatic conditions that contribute to this endemism.
- - Dendrobaena stands out as the most diverse genus among the Caucasian Lumbricidae, comprising 22 species, while several other genera have only one species each, showing variability in species richness.
The diplopod fauna of Georgia, Transcaucasia, is very rich given the country's relatively small territory; it presently comprises 103 species from 44 genera, 12 families, and 7 orders. Most of the Diplopoda known from Georgia (86 species, or 83%) demonstrate Caucasian distribution patterns, 36 and 46 species, as well as 8 and 9 genera being endemic or subendemic to the country, respectively. A single Holarctic family, Anthroleucosomatidae (order Chordeumatida), contains 44 Caucasian species and 20 genera, of which 27 species and 14 genera are endemic or subendemic to Georgia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe diplopod fauna of Georgia, Transcaucasia, is very rich given the country's relatively small territory, presently comprising 95 species from 42 genera, 12 families, and seven orders. Most of the Diplopoda known from Georgia are subendemics (39 species, or 38%), shared with one or more neighbouring countries, but another 33 species (33%) are strict endemics, nearly all highly localized, including 12 presumed troglobites. Several genera are likewise endemic to Georgia, including a few troglobionts.
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