Chelifer cancroides ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 71

Chelifer cancroides ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Acarus cancroides Linnaeus, 1758: 616 . Chelifer rutilans Tömösváry, 1882a: 202–203 ; Daday 1889a: 122; Daday 1918: 2; Novák & Dányi 2018: 314 . Chelifer cancroides : Tömösváry 1882a: 206–208; Daday 1889a: 121; Daday 1889b: 25; Pillich 1914: 153; Daday 1918: 2; SzentIvány 1941: 90; Szalay 1968: 64; Mahnert 1990: 684; Harvey 1991: 487–490; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 89; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37; Novák 2011: 69; Novák 2012: 62; Harvey 2013; Červená et al. 2020a: 223. Chelifer cancroides cancroides : WPC 2023.

Occurrence: cosmopolitan ( Harvey 2014; WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Budapest; Erdőbénye; Komjáti; Sárospatak; Sátoraljaújhely; Tapolca; Tolcsva; ( Tömösváry 1882a). Ladány (Daday 18889); Simontornya ( Pillich 1914). Pusztapó; Kőszeg ( Szent-Ivány 1941). Bakony Mts; Gerecse Mts; Pilis Mts; Vértes Mts ( Loksa 1966). Bátorliget Swamp ( Mahnert 1990). Vál ( Kárpáthegyi 2007). Bakonybél; Nyirád ( Novák 2011). Sajóecseg ( Novák 2012).

New data: Budapest: from bed, 10.06.1936, leg. JE (HNHM Pseud-1353: 1♂, 1♀, 1 juv.) ; Budapest: Baross Str. 15, 23.05.1989, leg. ??? (HNHM Pseud-1506: 1♀) ; Budapest: from book, 03.1982, leg. ZKO (HNHM Pseud-1355: 1♀) ; Budapest: from house, 24.05.1941, leg. AK (HNHM Pseud-1495: 1 adult) ; Pápa : 04.1896, leg. JW (HNHM Pseud-1361: 1♀) ; Pápa : from house room, 19.03.1910, leg. ??? (HNHM Pseud-1494: 1 adult) ; Pilismarót : from the attic of a church, 26.08.1953, leg. GT (HNHM Pseud-1498: 10♂, 13♀) ; Szigetbecse : from henhouse, 11.09.1988, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1811: 1♂) ; Szigetbecse : around a house, 18.09.1988, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1818: 1♂) .

Habitat preference: Chelifer cancroides was reported under dead wood bark in Lithuania ( Krajčovičová et al. 2018). In Slovakia it has been found in bird nests, combined bird and mammal nests, and in synanthropic habitats ( Christophoryová et al. 2017b). In Hungary it has been reported from henhouse ( Kárpáthegyi 2007), from houses, under bark of oak tree, and in beehives ( Novák 2011, 2012). During the present study this synanthropic species was found in beds, in books, in the attic of a church, in henhouses, and in and around houses.

Remarks: Chelifer cancroides was first recorded for Hungary by Tömösváry (1882a), and it is widespread across the country.