“…Later on, Jürgenstein et al (2015) , Kurina et al (2015) , Kurina (2018) , Thormann et al (2019) and Ševčík et al (2020) provided data on another twelve species and the number of fungus gnat species from Georgia is currently set at 15. Furthermore, an additional 24 fungus gnat species have been listed to occur in Transcaucasia but without a specified region ( Zaitzev 1994 , 2003 ). Concerning neighbouring areas, 91 species of fungus gnats are recorded from the northern slopes of the Great Caucasus ridge, most of them from the surroundings of Mt Elbrus ( Joost and Plassmann 1976 , 1979 , 1985 , 1992 , Plassmann 1976 ).…”