Chernetidae Menge, 1855

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 : 18-19

Family Chernetidae Menge, 1855 Dendrochernes cyrneus (L. Koch, 1873) ( Fig. 4D )

Deposited material: 21: phoretic on Asemum striatum (L., 1758), 14.vi.1918, 2 ñ ( NHMW 24156), 1 ò ( NHMW 24163), leg. Penther A. ( Beier 1929).

Published data: 33: subalpine pine-forest, under Pinus nigra bark, 27.iv.2016, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J. ( Christophoryová and Jablonski 2017).

New data: 42: pine trees on a hill, under Pinus nigra barks, individual sampling, 27.iv.2016, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J.

European distribution: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom ( Blick et al. 2004; Harvey 2013b; Sammet et al. 2016; Krajčovičová et al. 2018).

Notes: Dendrochernes cyrneus is distributed widely in Europe, but it is a rare species in the entire area and is considered as a relict of primeval forests ( Muster 1998; Drogla and Lippold 2004; Esser 2011; Muster and Blick 2016). It lives mainly under the loose bark of old tree trunks and branches and beneath the dry bark of fallen and dead trees (e.g., Beier 1963; Drogla and Lippold 2004; Esser 2011; Krajčovičová and Christophoryová 2014; Machač et al. 2018). As well as under tree bark, the species occurs regularly in bird’s nests or occasionally in tree hollows (e.g., Turienzo et al. 2010; Krajčovičová and Christophoryová 2014). In Albania, this species was recorded for the first time by Beier (1929) in phoretic association. The latest record from Albania was of one male found under the bark of a pine tree ( Christophoryová and Jablonski 2017). In the present study, another male was found under the bark of a pine tree, in a new locality in Albania.

Dinocheirus panzeri (C. L. Koch, 1837) ( Figs. 4D , 6B ) ▲

New data: 11: beech forest with pine and plane trees, under Acer pseudoplatanus barks, individual sampling, 11.x.2019, 2 ò, 1 T, leg. Červená M., Selnekovič D.; 12: beech forest with pine and plane trees, under Acer pseudoplatanus barks, individual sampling, 12.x.2019, 2 ñ, 3 ò, 4 T, 1 P, leg. Červená M., Selnekovič D.

European distribution: Albania (present paper), Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom ( Harvey 2013b; Sammet et al. 2016).

Notes: Dinocheirus panzeri is distributed widely in Europe and is newly recorded within the Balkans in Albania. This species occurs in different habitats with no obvious preference. It is found in tree hollows, bird’s nests, in the litter of barns and stables and in hay and compost heaps; hence, it is often considered as hemisynanthropic (e.g., Beier 1963; Legg and Jones 1998; Drogla and Lippold 2004; Turienzo et al. 2010; Krajčovičová and Christophoryová 2014; Muster and Blick 2016). During the present study, D. panzeri was collected under the bark of maple trees; its occurrence in this habitat is considered accidental ( Krajčovičová and Christophoryová 2014).

Figures

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.

Fig. 6. First pseudoscorpion records for Albania from the families Cheliferidae, Chernetidae and Withiidae. A, Rhacochelifer peculiaris (male). B, Dinocheirus panzeri (male). C, Lamprochernes chyzeri (male). D, Withius piger (female). Scale bars = 1 mm.