Dinocheirus panzeri (C. L. Koch, 1837)

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 76

Dinocheirus panzeri (C. L. Koch, 1837)

Chelifer panzeri C.L. Koch, 1837 : fasc. 140.6.

Chernes rufeolus Tömösváry 1882a: 190–191 .

Dinocheirus panzeri : Kárpáthegyi 2007: 88–89; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37; Harvey 2013; Novák 2013a: 126; Novák 2018: 103; Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023.

Occurrence: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Sátoraljaújhely; Sóly; Tárkány ( Tömösváry 1882a). Nagyrécse ( Kárpáthegyi 2007). Lórév:riverbank of the Danube; Szendrő:Határ Valley; Sárvár:Katonapuszta( Novák2013a). Füzérradvány: Arboretum; Sátoraljaújhely: Tarda Valley; Szin: Szelcepuszta (Novák 2018).

New data: Feketeerdő: hardwood groove forest, 31.05.1989, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1568: 1♂) .

Habitat preference: According to earlier literature, D. panzeri is a synanthropic species, but it also lives in bird nests, fallen wood, and under tree bark ( Beier 1963a; Legg & Jones 1988). In Slovakia, it was found in heaps of decomposing material ( Kaňuchová et al. 2015), and in tree hollows ( Christophoryová et al. 2017c). It has been found under tree bark in Albania ( Červená et al. 2021a). In Hungary it has been reported from a mixed habitat of pasture and forest ( Kárpáthegyi 2007), from willow forest, from tree trunks ( Novák 2013a), from debris of a horse stable and from hole of a platane tree (Novák 2018).

Remarks: Dinocheirus panzeri was first recorded from Hungary by Kárpáthegyi (2007). Since then, it has been recorded from different parts of the country ( Novák 2013a, 2018).