Chthonius jonicus Beier, 1931

Červená, Martina, Gardini, Giulio, Jablonski, Daniel & Christophoryová, Jana, 2021, Fig. 17. Periclimenaeus djiboutensis Bruce, 1970, ovigerous female specimen pocl 3.7 in Two New Species and a Further Country Record of the Caridean Shrimp Genus Borradaile, 1915 from Korea (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)., Zoological Studies 60 (17), pp. 1-25 : 6

Chthonius jonicus Beier, 1931 ( Figs. 2A , 3A ) ▲

New data: 66: beech forest, leaf litter, sifting, 29.ix.2016, 32 ñ, 46 ò, 26 T, 12 D, leg. Christophoryová J.

European distribution: Albania (present paper), Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain ( Harvey 2013b).

Notes: Chthonius jonicus is newly recorded in Albania and its distribution is limited to the Mediterranean area. The species prefers plant detritus in xerothermic biotope ( Beier 1963; Mahnert 1997). The present records correspond to the known habitat preferences of the species, but the species is clearly not just limited to xerothermic biotopes, but also found in mountain environments.

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Fig. 2. Distribution of the Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae taxa in Albania. A, Chthonius gjirokastri (red colour), Chthonius jonicus (orange colour), Chthonius rhodochelatus (green colour), Chthonius tenuis (blue colour), Globochthonius argirocastronis (yellow colour). B, Ephippiochthonius rogoi (red colour), Ephippiochthonius serbicus (green colour), Ephippiochthonius tuberculatus (yellow colour). C, Neobisium albanicum (purple colour), Neobisium doderoi (orange colour), Neobisium georgecastriotae (yellow colour), Neobisium latellai (red colour), Neobisium sylvaticum (blue colour), Neobisium valsuanii (green colour), Neobisium cf. vjetrenicae (brown colour), Neobisium sp. 1 (grey colour). D, Neobisium cephalonicum (red colour), Neobisium fuscimanum (blue colour), Neobisium hellenum (grey colour), Neobisium sublaeve (orange colour), Neobisium sp. 2 (green colour), Roncus lonai (purple colour), Roncus lubricus (brown colour), Roncus spp. (yellow colour). Circles indicate the published data, stars indicate the new data. For the locality codes, see table 1.

Fig. 3. First pseudoscorpion records for Albania from the families Chthoniidae and Garypinidae. A, Chthonius jonicus (female). B, Chthonius rhodochelatus (female). C, Chthonius tenuis (male). D, Ephippiochthonius serbicus (female). E, Ephippiochthonius tuberculatus (female). F, Amblyolpium dollfusi (male). Scale bars = 1 mm.