Withius piger ( Simon, 1878 )

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 83

Withius piger ( Simon, 1878)

Chelifer piger Simon, 1878: 148–149 .

Withius subruber : Loksa 1966: 392; Szalay 1968: 63–64; Harvey 1991: 663–664; Harvey 2013.

Withius piger : Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023.

Not Chelifer subruber Simon : Tömösváry 1882a: 203–204; Daday 1889a: 122, 178; Daday 1918: 2 (misidentification; see Dactylochelifer latreillii ).

Not Chelifer disjunctus L. Koch : Tömösváry 1882a: 199–200 (misidentification; see Dactylochelifer latreillii ).

Not Withius subruber : Szent-Ivány 1941: 89 (misidentification; see Chernes similis ).

Not Withius subruber : Kárpáthegyi 2007: 89 (misidentification; see Lamprochernes chyzeri ).

Occurrence: cosmopolitan (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Villányi Mts; Mecsek Mts; Bükk Mts; Aggtelek Karst ( Loksa 1966).

New data: nil.

Habitat preference: this species is usually associated with stored grains ( Legg & Jones 1988).

Remarks: After examining the specimens studied by Tömösváry (1882a), Daday (1889a) and Szent-Ivány (1941), it became clear that these belong to Dactylochelifer latreillii and Chernes similis , and not W. piger . The only recently published data are specimens reported by Kárpáthegyi (2007), which are actually Lamprochernes chyzeri . Unfortunately the deposition of the material published by Loksa (1966) is unknown, therefore I did not have an opportunity to check the identification. As Loksa have investigated bushy-forest areas, which do not match the habitat preference of the species, it is almost certain that they are misidentified. Therefore, based on its earlier reported data I consider the occurrence of W. piger in Hungary to be doubtful.

Species excluded from the Hungarian fauna