Chernes cimicoides ( Fabricius, 1793 )

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 74

Chernes cimicoides ( Fabricius, 1793)

Scorpio cimicoides Fabricius, 1793: 436 .

Chernes cimicoides : Tömösváry 1882a: 188–190; Daday 1889a: 117–118; Szent-Ivány 1941: 89; Szalay 1968: 60–61; Harvey 1991: 557–559; Murányi & Kontschán 2002: 191; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 88; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37, Harvey 2013; Novák 2013: 126; Novák 2015: 156; Novák 2018: 103); Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023.

Occurrence: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Budapest; Vác; Szentendre; Sóly; Andrásfa; Tapolca; Szentmárton; Pécs; Sátoraljaújhely; Sárospatak; Szerencs; Kaposvár ( Tömösváry 1882a). Sárvár; Sátoraljaújhely; Sóly; Szerencs; ( Daday 1889a). Budapest: Városliget, Zugliget, Svábhegy; Máriabesnyő; Mohács Island ( Szent-Ivány 1941). Lébény, Fertőboz: Fertő meadow (Murányi & Kontschán). Baracska; Kovácsvágás; Szőkedencs ( Kárpáthegyi 2007). Szentdomonkos: Simon-tó-tető ( Novák 2013a). Bakonybél (Novák 2015). Aggtelek: Mihály-láza (Novák 2018).

New data: Valley of Kemence Brook (Börzsöny Mts.): 26.04.1940, leg. IL (HNHM Pseud-1765: 1); Isaszeg: Mártonberki forest , under maple and oak bark, 22.11.2011, leg. TN (HNHM Pseud: 1546: 1♂) ; Hetvenhelyi : Hetvenhelyi forest, 23.04.1944, leg. AGE (HNHM Pseud-1671: 1♂, 1 juv.) ; Mátraháza : oak forest, 10.05.1951, leg. IK (HNHM Pseud-1656: 2 adults; HNHM Pseud-1661: 1 adult) ; Pilisszentkereszt : Pilis Mountain, mixed forest of alder and oak, 02.09.1984, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1576: 1♀) .

Habitat preference: The early literature recorded Chernes cimicoides mostly from deciduous forests, where it was found under tree bark and sometimes also in the leaf litter, and even from ants nest ( Beier 1963a; Legg & Jones 1988; Christophoryová et al. 2017c). It was also recorded under dead wood bark in Lithuania ( Krajčovičová et al. 2018). In Slovakia, Christophoryová (2013) found it in oak-hornbeam forests. In Hungary, it has been reported from beech forest ( Novák 2013a) and I have found it in the following habitats: under maple and oak bark, oak forest, and mixed forest of alder and oak.

Remarks: Chernes cimicoides is widespread in Hungary, as well as across Europe.