Dendrochernes cyrneus (L. Koch, 1873 )

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

Dendrochernes cyrneus (L. Koch, 1873)

Chernes cyrneus L. Koch, 1873: 6–7 ; Tömösváry 1882a: 194–195; Daday 1918: 1; Daday 1889b: 25. Chernes (Chernes) cyrneus hungaricus Daday, 1889a: 116–117 ; Novák & Dányi 2018: 307. Dendrochernes cyrneus : Beier 1963a: 279; Szalay 1968: 61–62; Kontschán & Murányi 2002: 191; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 88;

Christophoryová & Krumpálová 2010: 108; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37; Novák 2013a: 126; Harvey 2013; Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023. Dendrochernes cyrneus cyrneus : WPC 2023.

Occurrence: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Szent-Márton ( Tömösváry 1882a). Vádé; Visz ( Daday 1889b). Fertő-Hanság National Park: Fekete-erdő ( Murányi & Kontschán 2002). Sárvár ( Novák 2013a).

New data: nil.

Habitat preference: Dendrochernes cyrneus lives mostly under tree bark ( Beier 1963a; Červená et al. 2021a), and prefers forests with old trees ( Legg & Jones 1988). It has also been found in bird nests ( Christophoryová et al. 2011d, Christophoryová et al. 2017b). In Hungary, it has been found on tree trunks ( Novák 2013a).

Remarks: this species is known only from the transdanubian region of Hungary (western to the Danube river).