Roncus lubricus L. Koch, 1873

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 68

Roncus lubricus L. Koch, 1873

Roncus lubricus L. Koch, 1873: 44–45 ; Tömösváry 1882a: 215–217; Beier 1939a: 18; Loksa 1966: 392; Szalay 1968: 45;

Harvey 1991: 407–409; Christophoryová et al. 2 011b: 37; Harvey 2013; Novák 2012: 62; Novák 2013a: 124; Harvey 2013;

Novák & Dányi 2018: 319; Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023. Roncus lubricus cavernicola Tömösváry, 1882a: 216–217 ; Novák & Dányi 2018: 319. Obisium lubricum : Daday 1889a: 128–129. Roncus (Roncus) lubricus : Szent-Ivány 1941: 88. Roncus (Roncus) lubricus lubricus : Beier 1963a: 182; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 86.

Occurrence: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St. Helena, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Ukraine (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Budapest: Békásmegyer; Szentmárton; Tapolca ( Tömösváry 1882a). Budapest; Lillafüred; Nógrádszakál; Letkés ( Szent-Ivány 1941). Bükk Mts ( Loksa1966). Salgóbánya; Vác: Gyadai field ( Kárpáthegyi 2007). Cserépváralja: Karud Hillside; Dédestapolcsány; Miskolc: Felsőhámor, Fény és Kő Valley, Forrás Valley, Hegyes Hilltop, Jávor Hill, Jávorkút, Kurta Crag, Lillafüred, Nagy-Hárs Hill, Ómassa, Savós Valley, Sebes, Vaskapu; Felsőtárkány: Tar-kő; Nagyvisnyó: Ablakos-kő Valley, Youth camp; Parasznya: mouth of Csókás-forrási Cave; Répáshuta: Nagy-mező; Szilvásvárad: Köves Ridge, Szalajka Valley; Varbó: Örvény-kő ( Novák 2012). Szentdomonkos: Simon-tó-tető ( Novák 2013a).

New data: nil.

Habitat preference: Roncus lubricus prefers the following habitats: leaf litter, under stones, under tree bark, grass, moss ( Beier, 1963a; Legg & Jones 1988). In Hungary, it has been reported from mixed forest of oak and beech, and from oak-hornbeak forest ( Kárpáthegyi 2007), and from oak, beech and mixed linden-ash forests ( Novák 2012, 2013a).

Remarks: this species is widespread across Hungary.The Hungarian Roncus data reported before 2010 probably was not checked for all the characteristics used by modern authors ( Gardini 1983; Mahnert & Gardini 2014; Latifi et al. 2020) to delimitate species within the genus, thus all these material needs to be revised in the future.