Mundochthonius carpaticus Rafalski, 1948

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 59

Mundochthonius carpaticus Rafalski, 1948

Mundochthonius carpaticus Rafalski, 1948: 13–20 ; Novák 2012: 60–61; Novák 2013: 123; Harvey 2013; Novák 2018: 99–100; Červená et al. 2020a: 222, 225, 226; WPC 2023.

Occurrence: Hungary ( Novák 2012), Czech Republic ( Christophoryová et al. 2011b), Poland ( Rafalski 1948), Slovakia ( Christophoryová et al. 2011b), Ukraine ( Schawaller 1989).

Known localities in Hungary: Parasznya: mouth of Udvarkő Cave ( Novák 2012). Szentdomonkos: Simon-tó-tető ( Novák 2013a). Szögliget: Ménes Valley (Novák 2018).

New data: nil.

Habitat preference: Beier (1963a) recorded this species from the upper layer of forest soil. In Slovakia it has been reported from compost heaps ( Christophoryová et al. 2017a) and tree hollows ( Christophoryová et al. 2017c). In Hungary it has been found in moss ( Novák 2012), in the leaf litter of beech forest (Novák 2013) and alder forest (Novák 2018).

Remarks: Mundochthonius carpaticus is only known from the Eastern and Northeastern Carpathians ( Rafalski 1948; Schawaller 1989; Christophoryová et al. 2011b), and from the northeastern hilly and mountaineous regions of Hungary ( Novák 2012, 2013, 2018) which are biogeographically closely attached to the Carpathians.