Featured publications

• Murvanidze, M., Todria, N., Maraun, M., Mumladze, L., 2023. Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites - II. Zootaxa 5227, 50–62. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.2
• Vilizzi, L., Piria, M., …… Mumladze, …… Zięba, G. 2022. Development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for risk screening non-native terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions. NeoBiota 76, 211–236. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.76.84268
• Pešić, V., Esen, Y., Gerecke, R., Goldschmidt, T., Mumladze, L., Smit, H., Zawal, A., 2022. Evidence of cryptic speciation in the Hygrobates calliger complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) with the description of two new species. Ecol. Montenegrina 59, 101–122. https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.59.10
• Mumladze, L., Kuljanishvili, T., Japoshvili, B., Epitashvili, G., Kalous, L., Vilizzi, L., Piria, M., 2022. Risk of invasiveness of non-native fishes in the South Caucasus biodiversity and geopolitical hotspot. NeoBiota 76, 109–133. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.76.82776
• Maasri, A., Jähnig, S.C., …… Mumladze, …… Worischka, S. 2022. A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research. Ecol. Lett. 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13931
• Neiber, M.T., Walther, F., Kijashko, P. V, Mumladze, L., Hausdorf, B., 2022. The role of Anatolia in the origin of the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot illustrated by land snails in the genus Oxychilus. Cladistics 38, 83–102. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12479
• Bikashvili, A., Kachlishvili, N., Japoshvili, B., Mumladze, L., 2022. Species diversity and DNA barcode library of freshwater Molluscs of South Caucasus. Biodivers. Data J. 10, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e84887
• Zerbe, S., Miller, R.M., Asanidze, Z., Asanidze, I., Mumladze, L., 2022. Local forest-related knowledge, perceptions, and perspectives as a basis for woodland restoration. For. Ecol. Landsc. Res. Nat. Conserv. 21, 31–43.
• Bakhtadze, N., Chakvetadze, N., Mumladze, L., Gabroshvili, N., 2021. Check-list of chromosome numbers of the family Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) with new data on Circassina frutis. Trav. du Muséum Natl. d’Histoire Nat. “Grigore Antipa” 64, 7–20. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.64.e69707
• Kuljanishvili, T., Mumladze, L., Japoshvili, B., Mustafayev, N., Ibrahimov, S., Patoka, J., Pipoyan, S., Kalous, L., 2021. The first unified inventory of non-native fishes of the South Caucasian countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst. 422, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021028
• Todria, N., Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L., 2021. Oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) diversity in natural and altered open arid ecosystems of South-Eastern Caucasus. Pedobiologia (Jena). 87–88, 150750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2021.150750
• Vilizzi, L., Copp, …… Mumladze, L., …… Clarke, S. 2021. A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions. Sci. Total Environ. 788, 147868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147868
• Bikashvili, A., Kachlishvili, N., Mumladze, L., 2021. Species diversity and distribution of freshwater molluscs of Javakheti Highlands (Republic of Georgia). Biodivers. Data J. 9, e66649. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e66649
• Japoshvili, B., Couto, T.B.A., Mumladze, L., Epitashvili, G., McClain, M.E., Jenkins, C.N., Anderson, E.P., 2021. Hydropower development in the Republic of Georgia and implications for freshwater biodiversity conservation. Biol. Conserv. 263, 109359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109359
• Neiber, M.T., Bikashvili, A., Bananashvili, G., Shubashishvili, A., Japoshvili, B., Walther, F., Mumladze, L., 2021. Continental molluscs collected during the second Georgian-German BioBlitz 2019 in Stepantsminda, Georgia. Mitteilungen der Dtsch. Malakozool. Gesellschaft 104, 23–36.
• Kuljanishvili, T., Japoshvili, B., Mumladze, L., Mustafayev, N., Ibrahimov, S., Patoka, J., Pipoyan, S., Kalous, L., 2021. Freshwater fish species diversity in Georgia (South Caucasus Region) and their local names, in: Kubík, Š., Barták, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the „12th Workshop on Biodiversity”, Jevany. Jevany, Czech republic, pp. 48–65.
• Copp, G.H., Vilizzi, L., …… Mumladze, L., …… Mendoza, R. 2021. Speaking their language – Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders. Environ. Model. Softw. 135, 104900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104900
• Bláha, M., Patoka, J., Japoshvili, B., Let, M., Buřič, M., Kouba, A., Mumladze, L., 2021. Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position and morphometric analysis of Astacus colchicus (Decapoda, Astacidae): a new insight into Eastern European crayfish fauna. Integr. Zool. 16, 368–378. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12493
• Kuljanishvili, T., Epitashvili, G., Freyhof, J., Japoshvili, B., Kalous, L., Levin, B., Mustafayev, N., Ibrahimov, S., Pipoyan, S., Mumladze, L., 2020. Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 36, 501–514. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14038
• Epitashvili, G., Geiger, M.F., Astrin, J.J., Herder, F., Japoshvili, B., Mumladze, L., 2020. Towards retrieving the Promethean treasure: a first molecular assessment of the freshwater fish diversity of Georgia. Biodivers. Data J. e57862. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e57862
• Copilaș-Ciocianu, D., Berci, G.M., Mumladze, L., 2020. First survey of shallow-water Amphipoda along the Georgian Black Sea coast reveals new faunistic records and the unexpected Atlantic invader Melita nitida. Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 21, 460–463. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.22844
• Mumladze, L., Szekeres, M., 2020. A second extant species of Pontophaedusa Lindholm, 1924 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae) from Georgia. Ruthenica 30, 149–154.
• Pankvelashvili, E., Japoshvili, B., Mumladze, L., 2020. New remarkable record of Helicopsyche bacescui Orghidan and Botosaneanu, 1953 (Trichoptera, Helicopsychidae) from Georgia. Aquat. Insects 41, 184–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2020.1737135
• Grego, J., Mumladze, L., Falniowski, A., Osikowski, A., Rysiewska, A., Palatov, D.M., Hofman, S., 2020. Revealing the stygobiotic and crenobiotic molluscan biodiversity hotspot in Caucasus: Part I. The phylogeny of stygobiotic Sadlerianinae Szarowska, 2006 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Georgia with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one n. Zookeys 955, 1–77. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.955.51983
• Japoshvili, B., Lipinskaya, T., Gajduchenko, H., Sinchuk, A., Bikashvili, A., Mumladze, L., 2020. First DNA-based Records of New Alien Freshwater Species in the Republic of Georgia. Acta Zool. Bulg. 72, 545–551.
• Zerbe, S., Pieretti, L., Elsen, S., Asanidze, Z., Asanidze, I., Mumladze, L., 2020. Forest restoration potential in a deforested mountain area: an ecosociological approach towards sustainability. For. Sci. 66, 326–336. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxz081
• Mumladze, L., Japoshvili, B., Anderson, E.P., 2020. Faunal biodiversity research in the Republic of Georgia: a short review of trends, gaps, and needs in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot. Biologia (Bratisl). 75, 1385–1397. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-019-00398-6
• Vrabec Vladimír , Berishvili Tamari , Kuljanishvili Tatia, Kulma Martin , Kulmová Karolína, B.T.& M.L., 2019. Observations on the composition of butterfly fauna in regions of Svaneti and Imereti, Georgia, in: Kubík, Š., Barták, M. (Eds.), 11th Workshop on Biodiversity. Jevany, Czech republic, pp. 175–189.
• Thormann, J., Ahrens, D., Anderson, C., Astrin, J.J., Mumladze, L., Rulik, B., Tarkhnishvili, D., Espeland, M., Geiger, M., Hein, N., Iankoshvili, G., Karalashvili, E., Mengual, X., Morkel, C., Neiber, M.T., Peters, R.S., Reimann, A., Ssymank, A., Wesener, T., Ziegler, J., Misof, B., 2019. A prelude to the Caucasus Barcode of Life Platform (CaBOL): Biodiversity Days in Georgia in 2018 and 2019. Bonn Zool. Bull. 68, 275–296. https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.2.275
• Nassirkhani, M., Mumladze, L., 2019. Redescription of Roncus crassipalpus Rafalski, 1949 (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from western Georgia. Arachnology 18, 133. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.133
• Nassirkhani, M., Zaragoza, J.A., Mumladze, L., 2019. A new pseudoscorpion genus from western Georgia (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae: Cornuroncus n. gen.), with a key to all Neobisiinae genera. Zootaxa 4624, 289–295. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.12
• Maraun, M., Caruso, T., Hense, J., Lehmitz, R., Mumladze, L., Murvanidze, M., Nae, J., Schulz, J., Seniczak, A., Scheu, S., 2019. Parthenogenetic vs . sexual reproduction in oribatid mite communities. Ecol. Evol. 9, 7324–7332. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5303
• Mumladze, L., Bikashvili, A., Kachlishvili, N., Grego, J., Japoshvili, B., Schniebs, K., Vinarski, M., Falniowski, A., Palatov, D., 2019. Progress towards research and conservation of Georgian freshwater molluscs. TENTACLE 27, 7–10.
• Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L., Todria, N., Salakaia, M., 2019. Effect of ploughing and pesticide application on oribatid mite communities. Int. J. Acarol. 45, 181–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2019.1572222
• Levin, B.A., Gandlin, A.A., Simonov, E.S., Levina, M.A., Barmintseva, A.E., Japoshvili, B., Mugue, N.S., Mumladze, L., Mustafayev, N.J., Pashkov, A.N., Roubenyan, H.R., Shapovalov, M., Doadrio, I., 2019. Phylogeny, phylogeography and hybridization of Caucasian barbels of the genus Barbus (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 135, 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1101/473173
• Nassirkhani, M., Mumladze, L., 2019. Neobisium (Neobisium) moreoticum (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Georgia. Arachnol. Mitteilungen 57, 37–42. https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit5707
• Grego, J., Mumladze, L., 2019. Notes on vulnerability of the microendemic clausiliid species Acrotoma enguriensis from the southwestern Caucasus. TENTACLE 27, 27–29.
• Mumladze, L., Bikashvili, A., Japoshvili, B., Anistratenko, V. V, 2019. New alien species Mytilopsis leucophaeata and Corbicula fluminalis (Mollusca, Bivalvia) recorded in Georgia and notes on other non-indigenous molluscs invaded the South Caucasus. Vestn. Zool. 53, 187–194. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2019-0019
• Japoshvili, G., Mumladze, L., 2019. New species and new records of Aphelinus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) from Lagodekhi Reserve (Sakartvelo-Georgia), with diversity and distribution along an elevational gradient. Turkish J. Zool. 43, 192–202. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1802-3
• Shapovalov, M.I., Saprykin, M.A., Japoshvili, B., Mumladze, L., 2019. Materials to the fauna of aquatic bugs of the infraorder Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) of the Javakheti Highland, Georgia. Russ. Entomol. J. 28, 120–124. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.28.2.02
• Nassirkhani, M., Mumladze, L., 2019. Notes on Roncus Microphthalmus (Daday, 1889) (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae), a polumorphic species, with a key to the Roncus species from the Middle East and the Caucasus region. Rev. Ibérica Aracnol. 34, 97–101.
• Todria, N., Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L., 2019. Oribatid mite communities on former clay quarries under different reclamation strategy. Ann. Agrar. Sci. 17, 304–311.
• Murvanidze, M., Mumladze, L., Todria, N., 2019. A contribution to the knowledge of oribatid and mesostigmatic mites (Acari) with new records in Georgia. Persian J. Acarol. 8, 309–325. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.22073/pja.v8i4.51419
• Murvanidze, M., Todria, N., Mumladze, L., & Kalatozishvili, L. (2018). Diversity of soil mite communities in different habitats of Saskhori quarries, Georgia. Persian Journal of Acarology, 7(3), 297–305. https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v7i3.37647
• Nassirkhani, M., & Mumladze, L. (2018). A new cave pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from western Georgia. Arachnology, 17(9), 496-500. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2018.17.9.496
• Kuljanishvili, T., Mumladze, L., Kalous, L., & Japoshvili, B. (2018). Fish species composition, sex ratio and growth parameters in Saghamo Lake (Southern Georgia). Biologia, 73(1), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0012-y
• Gabelashvili, S., Mumladze, L., Bikashvili, A., Sroka, P., Godunko, R. J., & Japoshvili, B. (2018). The first annotated checklist of mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Insecta) of Georgia with new distribution data and a new record for the country. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 42(2), 252-262. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1709-4
• Mumladze L, Ulrich W, Asanidze Z, Japoshvili G (2017) An inverse elevational species richness gradient of Caucasian vascular plants and Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Écoscience 24, 75–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2017.1324717
• Mumladze L, Asanidze Z, Walther F, Hausdorf B (2017) Beyond elevation: Testing the climatic variability hypothesis vs. Rapoport’s rule in vascular plant and snail species in the Caucasus. Biol J Linn Soc 121, 753–763. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx027
• Grego J, Hofman S, Mumladze L, Falniowski A (2017) Agrafia Szarowska et Falniowski, 2011 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) in the Caucasus. Folia Malacologica 25, 237–247. https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.025.025
• Mumladze L, Murvanidze M, Maraun M (2017). Patterns of oribatid mite species diversity: testing the effects of elevation, area and sampling effort. Experimental and applied acarology 72(3), 245-262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-017-0153-7
• Aslan EG, Mumladze L, Japoshvili G (2017) List of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Lagodekhi reserve with new records for Transcaucasia and Georgia. Zootaxa 4277, 86-98. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.6
• Japoshvili B, Mumladze L, Murvanidze L (2017) The population of Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) and its parasites in Madatapa Lake (South Georgia). Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 16(2), 793-799.
• Bakhtadze NG, Chakvetadze NL, Mumladze LJ, Bakhtadze GI, Tskhadaia EA (2016) Karyological data of terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology XXV: 23-27.
• Gabelashvili S, Bikashvili A, Shubitidze Z, Gioshvili M, Pankvelashvili E, Mumladze L, Japoshvili B (2016) Family level diversity and distribution of macroinvertebrates of Madatapa, Khanchali and Bughdasheni lakes in Javakheti plateau (South Georgia). Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology XXV: 117-127.
• Mumladze L, Paposhvili N (2016) A New Addition to the Malacofauna of Georgia – Eobania Vermiculata is Replenishing its Range. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology XXV:153-155.
• Seehausen M, Schröter A, Mumladze L, Grebe B (2016) Additional Odonata records from Georgia, southern Caucasus ecoregion,with the first record of Ischnura fountaineae (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Notulae Odonatologicae 8 (8), 266-283. https://doi.org/
• Murvanidze M, Mumladze L, Arabuli T, Barjadze S, Salakaia M, (2016) Oribatida diversity in different microhabitats of Mtirala National Park. Journal of Acarological Society of Japan 25(S1), 35-49.
• Tarkhnishvili D, Gabelaia M, Mumladze L, Murtskhvaladze M, (2016) Mitochondrial phylogeny of the Darevskia saxicola complex: two highly deviant evolutionary lineages from the easternmost part of the range. Herpetological Journal 26, 175–182.
• Murvanidze M, Mumladze L (2016) Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites. Zootaxa 4089 (1), 1-81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1
• Mumladze L (2015) Species of the Genus Helix (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology XXIV, 148-157.
• Japoshvili G, Fallahzadeh M, Mumladze L (2015) Predictive modeling for better understanding distribution and systematics of useful Encyrtids (Hymenotpera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae). Annals of Agrarian Science 13(1), 33-42.
• Barjadze S, Murvanidze M, Arabuli T, Mumladze L, Pkhakadze V, Djanashvili R, Salakaia M (2015) Annotated list of invertebrates of the Georgian karst caves. Georgian Academic Book, Tbilisi. ISBN: 978- 9941-9371-2-5.
• Mumladze L, Murvanidze M, Maraun M, Salakaia M (2015) Oribatid mite communities along an elevational gradient in Sairme gorge (Caucasus). Experimental and Applied Acarology 66(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-015-9893-4
• Mumladze L (2014) Sympatry without co-occurrence: exploring the pattern of distribution of two Helix species in Georgia using an ecological niche modelling approach. Journal of Molluscan Studies 80(3), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu045
• Walther F, Kijashko PV, Harutyunova L, Mumladze L, Neiber MT, Hausdorf B (2014) Biogeography of the land snails of the Caucasus region. TENTACLE 3-5.
• Murvanidze M, Mumladze L (2014) Oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) diversity in different forest stands of Borjom-Kharagauli National Park (Georgia). Persian Journal of Acarology 3(4), 257–276. https://doi.org/
• Bakhtadze NG, Chakvetadze NL, Mumladze LJ, Bakhtadze GI, Tskhadaia EA (2014) Karyological Studies in Terrestrial Mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of Georgia. International Conference «Biological Diversity and Conservation Problems of the Fauna of the Caucasus – 2», Armenia pp59-63.
• Mumladze L, Cameron RAD, Pokryszko B (2014) Endemic Land Molluscs in Georgia: How Well are they Protected by Existing Reserves and National Parks? Journal of Molluscan Studies 80, 67-73. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyt047
• Japoshvili B, Mumladze L, Kucuk F (2013) Invasive Carassius Carp in Georgia: Current State of Knowledge and Future Perspectives. Current Zoology 59, 732-739. https://doi.org/
• Murvanidze M, Mumladze M, Arabuli T, Kvavadze E (2013) Oribatid mite colonization of sandand manganese tailing sites. Acarologia 53, 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20132089
• Mumladze L, Tarkhnishvili D, Murtskhvaladze M (2013) Systematics and Evolutionary Hystori of Large Endemic Snails from the Caucasus (Helix buchii, H. goderdzianai (Helicidae). American Malacological Bulletin 31, 225-234. https://doi.org/10.4003/006.031.0202
• Mumladze L (2013) Shell size differences in Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) between natural and urban environments. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1206-10
• Mumladze L, Murvanidze M, Behan-Pelletier V (2013) Compositional patterns in Holarctic peat bog inhabiting oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) communities. Pedobiologia 56, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.10.001
• Tarkhnishvili D, Gavashelishvili A, Mumladze L (2012) Palaeoclimatic models help to understand currentdistribution of Caucasian forest species. Biological Journal of the Linean Society 105, 231-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01788.x
• Pokryszko BM, Cameron RAD, Mumladze L, Tarkhnishvili D (2011) Forest snail faunas from Georgian Transcaucasia: patterns of diversity in a Pleistocene refugium. Biological Journal of the Linean Society 102, 239-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01575.x
• Murvanidze M, Kvavadze E, Mumladze L, Arabuli T (2011) Comparison of Earthworms (Lumbricidae) and Oribatid Mite (Acari, Oribatida) communities in Natural and Urban Ecosystems. Vestnik zoologii 45, 16-24. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10058-011-0021-6
• Murvanidze M, Mumladze L, Arabuli T, Kvavadze E (2011) Landscape distribution of oribatid mites (Acari,Oribatida) in Colchis National Park (Georgia, Caucasus). Zoosymposia 6, 221-233. https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.6.1.32
• Tarkhnishvili D, Gavashelishvili A, Avaliani A, Murtskhvaladze M, Mumladze L (2010) Unisexual rocklizard might be outcompeting its bisexual progenitors in the Caucasus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101, 447–460. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01498.x
• Mumladze L, Tarkhnishvili D, Pokryszko BM (2008) A new species of the genus Helix from the Lesser Caucasus (SW Georgia). Journal of Conchology 39, 483-485
• Kvavadze EV, Rukhadze L, Nikolaishvili V, Mumladze L. (2008) Botanical and zoological remains from an earlymedieval grave at Tsitsamuri, Georgia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 17, 217-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-008-0183-5
• Murvanidze M, Arabuli T, Kvavadze ES, Mumladze L (2008) The Effect of Fire Disturbance on Oribatid Mite Communities. Integrative Acarology. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress. European Association of Acarolgists pp. 216-221