A new record of the relict species Drawida ganini Zhang and Wu, 2021 in the Primorsky Krai, Russia

Sheremetyeva I. N., Sheremetyev I. S., Nesterenko V. A.

Amurian zoological journal 2024; 16(1): 128–135

In 2023, a relict species Drawida ganini Zhang and Wu, 2021 was discovered in the valley of the Melgunovka River (Krinichnaya River, Khorolsky District, Primorsky Krai). This is the third record of the species in the Primorsky Krai. The stenobiontic nature and low mobility of Drawida ganini allow us to consider this species as a marker of Pleistocene refugia that preserved thermo- and hydrophilic faunal elements of open spaces in the south of the Russian Far East and the adjacent territory of Northeast China.

DOI 10.33910/2686-9519-2024-16-1-128-135