Allochernes wideri (C. L. Koch, 1843 )

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 78

Allochernes wideri (C. L. Koch, 1843)

Chelifer wideri C.L. Koch, 1843: 47–48 .

Chernes wideri : Daday 1918: 2.

Allochernes wideri : Kárpáthegyi 2007: 87–88; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37, Harvey 2013; Novák 2013a: 126; Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023.

Occurrence: Armenia, Austria,Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Tótszentgyörgy ( Kárpáthegyi 2007). Lórév: river bank of the Danube ( Novák 2013a).

New data: Bátorliget: artificial bird nesting hole, 03.07.1990, leg. FM (HNHM Pseud-1723: 3 adults) ;

Gödöllő: maple forest, 28.02.2010, leg: TN (HNHM Pseud-1699: 4 adults) ; Kerecsend: Fácános grove, loess steppe, 14.05.2010, leg. AG, OM, TN, APD (HNHM Pseud-1696: 1 adult) ; Lakitelek: Tőserdő, 12.04.2012, leg. ZG, TN (HNHM Pseud-1531: 5 adults) ; Sukoró: lakeside, 12.11.1951, leg. ZKA (HNHM Pseud-1817: 2♀) .

Habitat preference: Allochernes wideri is associated with dead wood, especially with oak, and can be found under tree bark or in the decaying wood ( Legg & Jones 1988). In Slovakia it has been reported from bird nests ( Christophoryová 2011d; Christophoryová et al. 2017b), from ant nests ( Červená et al. 2020b; Christophoryová et al. 2017b), from mammal nests, from the combined nests of birds and mammals ( Christophoryová et al. 2017b), from heaps of decomposing plant material ( Kaňuchová et al. 2015), from compost heaps ( Christophoryová et al. 2017a), from dead wood and from tree hollows ( Christophoryová et al. 2017c). It has also been reported from under dead wood bark in Lithuania ( Krajčovičová et al. 2018). In Hungary, it has been reported from a pasture with trees ( Kárpáthegyi 2007), and in willow forest ( Novák 2013a). During the present study, it was found in artificial bird nesting holes, in maple forests, in loess steppes, and in lakeside (microhabitat not specified).

Remarks: this species was first recorded from Hungary Kárpáthegyi (2007).A second occurrence was published by Novák (2013a).