Rhacochelifer maculatus (L. Koch, 1873)

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

Rhacochelifer maculatus (L. Koch, 1873) ( Fig. 4C )

Published data: 58: under Eucalyptus globules bark, 28.ix.–4.x.2018, 1 ñ ( Naumova 2020).

New data: 18: natural parking area, under Acer sp. bark, individual sampling, 8.viii.2019, 1 ò, 1 D, 5 P, leg. Christophoryová J.; 26: olive grove, under Olea sp. bark, individual sampling, 28.iv.2017, 1 ñ, 2 ò, 4 T, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.; 31: olive grove, under Olea sp. bark, individual sampling, 20.vii.2017, 2 ñ, 2 ò, leg. Jablonski D.; 45: olive grove, under Olea sp. bark, individual sampling, 13.viii.2019, 1 ñ, leg. Christophoryová J.; 69: alley by the roadside, under Eucalyptus sp. bark, individual sampling, 27.iv.2017, 6 ñ, 7 ò, 11 T, 1 D, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.; 76: olive grove, under Olea sp. bark, individual sampling, 29.iv.2017, 7 ñ, 3 ò, 5 T, 1 D, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D.

European distribution: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Spain ( Harvey 2013b; Naumova 2020).

Notes: Rhacochelifer maculatus is distributed in the Mediterranean region mainly in the Balkans ( Harvey 2013b). It is a typical inhabitant of tree microhabitats and bird’s nests (e.g., Beier 1963; Zaragoza 2007; Gardini 2008; Turienzo et al. 2010). Rhacochelifer maculatus was observed in Albania for the first time by Naumova (2020) under the bark of the eucalyptus tree. During the present study, it was also collected under eucalyptus bark, but more often under olive bark. The present findings extended the species distribution in Albania by six new localities.

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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.