An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)
Author
Novák, János
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.2
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Chthonius ischnocheles
(
Hermann, 1804
)
Chelifer ischnocheles
Hermann, 1804: 118–119
.
Chthonius rayi
:
Tömösváry 1882a: 240–241
.
Chthonius ischnocheles
:
Szalay 1968: 34–35
;
Farkas
et al
2009: 69
;
Červená
et al
. 2020a: 221
;
Gardini 2021
; WPC 2023.
Chthonius
(
Chthonius
)
ischnocheles
:
Harvey 1991: 149–151
;
Harvey 2013
.
Not
Chthonius ischnocheles
(Hermann)
:
Kárpáthegyi 2007: 82
(misidentification; see
Chthonius
cf.
alpicola
).
Occurrence:
Andorra
,
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Bulgaria
,
Croatia
,
Czechia
,
Denmark
,
France
,
Germany
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Ireland
,
Italy
,
Luxembourg
,
Malta
,
Netherlands
,
Norway
,
Poland
,
Portugal
,
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovakia
,
Spain
,
St. Helena
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
Turkey
,
United Kingdom
,
USA
(WPC 2023).
Reported localities in
Hungary
: Gyűrűfű
(
Farkas
et al
. 2009
).
New data:
nil.
Habitat preference:
Beier (1963a)
reported this species from humid habitats, like in leaf litter or under stones.
Legg & Jones (1988)
reported its occurrence from beneath stones, bricks and other debris, from woodland soil and litter, and occasionally from birds or other animal nests. In
Hungary
, it has been reported from oak forest (
Kárpáthegyi 2007
).
Remarks:
Chthonius ischnocheles
was recently redescribed by
Gardini (2021)
.
Tömösváry (1882a)
recorded
C
.
rayi
L.
Koch 1873
from Mehádia and although this taxon was later synonymized with
C
.
ischnocheles
by
Chamberlin (1929)
, the locality is now located within
Romania
. There have been two recent records of
C
.
ischnocheles
from
Hungary
:
one specimen
from Bőszénfa (
Kárpáthegyi 2007
) and one from Gyűrűfű (
Farkas
et al
. 2009
). I have identified the specimen from Bőszénfa as
C
. aff.
alpicola
(see above). The other one from Gyűrűfű was also identified by Kárpáthegyi, but it could not be found in his collection, therefore I assume that it have been lost. Altogether, I consider the presence of
C
.
ischnocheles
in
Hungary
doubtful.