Cheiridium museorum ( Leach, 1817 )

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 69

Cheiridium museorum ( Leach, 1817)

Chelifer museorum Leach, 1817: 50 .

Cheiridium museorum : Tömösváry 1882a: 210–211; Pillich 1914: 153; Szalay 1968: 48–49; Harvey 1991: 439–440; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 86; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37; 672; Harvey 2013; Novák 2013a: 125; Novák 2015: 156; Novák 2018: 102; Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023.

Occurrence: worldwide (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Budapest, Tapolca ( Tömösváry 1882a). Simontornya ( Pillich 1914). Vádé ( Daday 1918). Vál ( Kárpáthegyi 2007). Püspökhatvan ( Novák 2013a). Zirc (Novák 2015). Szin: Szelcepuszta (Novák 2018).

New data: Pápa: 04.1896, JW (HNHM Pseud-1357: 1 adult) .

Habitat preference: this species has been found mostly in dry habitats, often in anthropogenic situations ( Beier 1963a; Legg & Jones 1988). In Slovakia, it has been reported from beech and fir flowery forest with the presence of maple, from floodplain alder forest with beech and grey alder ( Jászayová & Jászay 2022), and from bird nests ( Christophoryová et al. 2011d). Cheiridium museorum has been reported from a wide variety of synanthropic habitats in Hungary (Tӧmӧsváry 1883; Pillich 1914; Kárpáthegyi 2007; Novák 2013 a, 2015, 2018).

Remarks: Cheiridium museorum was firstly recorded from Hungary by Tömösváry (1882a) in the late 19th century. Its occurrence in the country was summarized by Christophoryová & Červená (2020).