Chernes similis (Beier, 1932)

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 75

Chernes similis (Beier, 1932)

Allochernes (Toxochernes) similis Beier, 1932b: 152-153 .

Withius subruber Simon : Szent-Ivány 1941: 89 (misidentification).

Chernes similis : Novák 2012: 62–63; Novák 2013a: 126; Novák 2015: 156; Novák 2016: 7; Červená et al. 2020a: 223, 225, 226.

Chernes montigenus (Simon) : Novák 2015: 156 (misidentification).

Occurrence: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Biatorbágy; Szerencs ( Szent-Ivány 1941). Varbó: Örvény-kő ( Novák 2012). Szárliget (Novák, 2013). Réde; Tihany (Novák, 2015). Budapest: Kamaraerdő ( Novák 2016).

New data: Gödöllő: maple forest, 28.02.2010, leg. TN (HNHM Pseud-1698: 1♂, 1♀) ;); Kerecsend : Fácános-berek, mixed forest of maple and oak, 23.04.1983, leg. LA (HNHM Pseud:1540: 1♂) ; Valkó : Gödöllő Nature Reserve, 24. forest, 26.05.1991, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1523: 1♂) .

Habitat preference: Beier (1963a) recorded C. similis from forest leaf litter and from debris after floods. In Slovakia, Christophoryová (2013) found it in oak-hornbeam forests. In Hungary, it has been found in mixed linden and ash forests, and in meadows (Novák 2013), and in oak forests ( Novák 2016). During the present investigation it was found in maple forest, and in mixed forest of maple and oak.

Remarks: the specimens identified by Szent-Ivány (1941) as Withius subruber proved to be representatives of C. similis . The species since has been found in several Hungarian localities ( Novák 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016).