Pselaphochernes scorpioides (Hermann, 1804)

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 : 20

Pselaphochernes scorpioides (Hermann, 1804)

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Published data: 8: compost heap, 3.x.2016, 1 ñ, leg. Christophoryová J. ( Christophoryová and Jablonski 2017); 10: compost heap near the road, 2.x.2016, 1 ñ, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J. ( Christophoryová and Jablonski 2017); 49: compost heap near the road, 27.ix.2015, 7 ñ, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J. ( Christophoryová and Jablonski 2017).

New data: 54: town residential area, compost heap, sifting, 4.x.2016, 10 ñ, 17 ò, leg. Christophoryová J.; 54: town residential area, cow-dung, sifting, 4.x.2016, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J.

European distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom ( Harvey 2013b; Sammet et al. 2016; Christophoryová and Jablonski 2017; Krajčovičová et al. 2018).

Notes: Pselaphochernes scorpioides is distributed widely in Europe, including the Balkan countries ( Harvey 2013b). In general, P. scorpioides prefers rich decaying organic material; it occurs in cow-dung, compost heaps or straw debris, especially in synanthropic habitats (e.g., Beier 1963; Legg and Jones 1998; Krajčovičová and Christophoryová 2014). This agrees with previous reports ( Christophoryová and Jablonski 2017), as well as with the present records from Albania. It is less commonly found in leaf litter, tree hollows, under tree bark, in decaying wood and in bird’s or ant’s nests (e.g., Drogla and Lippold 2004; Petrov 2004; Turienzo et al. 2010; Krajčovičová and Christophoryová 2014). The present findings extend species occurrence in Albania by one new locality.

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Fig. 4. Distribution of the Olpiidae, Cheiridiidae, Atemnidae, Garypinidae, Geogarypidae, Cheliferidae, Chernetidae and Withiidae taxa in Albania.A, Amblyolpium dollfusi (purple colour), Apocheiridium ferum (grey colour), Atemnus syriacus (red colour), Calocheiridius libanoticus (blue colour), Geogarypus italicus (green colour), Geogarypus minor (orange colour), Withius piger (yellow colour). B, Beierochelifer peloponnesiacus (blue colour), Chelifer cancroides (red colour), Dactylochelifer latreillii (yellow colour), Hysterochelifer meridianus (green colour). C, Hysterochelifer cyprius (green colour), Rhacochelifer maculatus (yellow colour), Rhacochelifer peculiaris (red colour). D, Dendrochernes cyrneus (yellow colour), Dinocheirus panzeri (orange colour), Lamprochernes chyzeri (green colour), Lamprochernes nodosus (grey colour), Lasiochernes graecus (purple colour), Pselaphochernes lacertosus (red colour), Pselaphochernes scorpioides (blue colour). Circles indicate the published data, stars indicate the new data. For the locality codes, see table 1.