Dactylochelifer latreillii ( Leach, 1817 )

Novák, János, 2024, An updated checklist for the pseudoscorpion fauna of Hungary (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), Zootaxa 5433 (1), pp. 51-95 : 72-73

Dactylochelifer latreillii ( Leach, 1817)

Chelifer latreillii Leach, 1817: 49-50 . Chelifer tegulatus Tömösváry, 1882a: 198–199 ; Daday 1889a: 122–123; Daday 1918: 2; Novák & Dányi 2018: 315. Syn. nov. Chelifer disjunctus (L. Koch) : Tömösváry 1882a: 199–200 (misidentification). Chelifer subruber (Simon) : Tömösváry 1882a: 203–204; Daday 1889a: 122, 178; Daday 1918: 2 (misidentification). Chelifer peculiaris L. Koch : Tömösváry 1882a: 201–202; Daday 1889a: 121–122; Daday 1918: 2 (misidentification). Chelifer Latreillei [sic]: Pillich 1914: 153. Chelifer de Geerii [sic] C. L. Koch: Tömösváry 1882a: 204–205; Daday 1918: 2. Rhacochelifer peculiaris : Szalay 1968: 66; Harvey 1991: 529; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 89; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37; Harvey

2013; Novák 2013a: 125 (misidentification). Dactylochelifer latreillei : Szalay 1968: 65; Harvey 1991: 494–495; Murányi & Kontschán 2002: 191. Dactylochelifer latreillei latreillei : Szent-Ivány 1941: 90; Mahnert 1990: 684; Kárpáthegyi 2007: 89; WPC 2023. Dactylochelifer latreillii : Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37; Novák 2012: 62; Novák 2013a: 125; Harvey 2013; Novák 2014a: 29;

Novák 2015: 156; Novák 2016: 6; Novák 2018: 102; Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023; Just et al. 2023: supplementary material, Table S1; Muster et al. 2024: 13–14.

Occurrence: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugalia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Ukraine (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Andrásfa; Budapest: Békásmegyer; Gyulakeszi; Pécs; Sátoraljaújhely; Sóly; Szentendre; Tárkány ( Tömösváry 1882a). Sátoraljaújhely ( Daday 1889a). Simontornya ( Pillich 1914). Vác: Gajári-telep; Sződ: Tudósdomb; Duka: Csörgőhegy; Kőszeg: Bencéskert; Fehérvárcsurgó ( Szent-Ivány 1941). Egyek: Ohati Forest; Nagyiván; Újszentmargita: Margitai-erdõ ( Mahnert 1983). Bátorliget Swamp ( Mahnert 1990). Csorna ( Murányi & Kontschán 2002). Serényfalva: forest reserve; Tiszabercel: Morotva elő; Alsódobsza: Erős Hill; Tóthszentgyörgy; Agárd ( Kárpáthegyi 2007). Miskolc: Forrás Valley ( Novák 2012). Borbács: Lake Borbács; Csorna: Sári Forest; Feketeerdő; Hanság: along the road to Nyíres; Sárvár: Katonapuszta; Szigetbecse; Újmáriafő: Öreg Forest ( Novák 2013a). Simontornya (Novák 2014). Vászoly (Novák 2015). Budaörs: Odvas Hill; Budapest: Farkasvölgy, Sas-hegy, Csiki-hegyek ( Novák 2016). Aggtelek: Bíbic Dolina; Jósvafő: Farkaslyuk; Füzérkajata: Pap-rét-gazda; Sárospatak: near to Eastern Backwater of River Bodrog; Sátoraljaújhely: Rudabányácska; Sátoraljaújhely: Tarda Valley (Novák 2018). Apajpuszta; Orgovány; Sándorfalva; Szabadszállás; Szeged ( Just et al. 2023; Muster et al. 2024).

New data: Ásványráró: softwood grove, 21.05.1989, leg. OM, GSI (HNHM Pseud-1559: 1♀) ; Balf : 1986, leg. IL (HNHM Pseud-1590: 3♂, HNHM Pseud-1592: 1♂) ; Bátaapáti: forester house at Üveghuta , spruce forest, 26.06.2002, leg. GSI (HNHM Pseud-1520: 1 adult) ; Bátorliget : swamp, 14.5.1990, OM (HNHM Pseud-1715: 3♂, 2♀) ; 16.05.1990, OM (HNHM Pseud-1716: 1♂, 3♀) ; Borbács: Lake Borbács , 13.10.1995. leg. EH (HNHM Pseud-957: 1 adult) ; Csopak : 07.1932, leg. ED (HNHM Pseud-1496: 1 juv.) ; Csorna: Sári Forest , alder forest, 14.06. 1996.06.14, leg. GSI (HNHM Pseud-1257: 1 adult) ; Hegymagas : alder forest, 06.06.2014, leg. KF (HNHM Pseud-1584: 1♂, 1♀) ; Hercegszántó: Karapomcsai Forest , oakforest, 06.06.1991, leg. GSI (HNHM Pseud-1536: 1♀) ; Hortobágy : 06.06.1951, JED (HNHM Pseud-1649: 1♀) ; Izsák : drift of sand, under litter, 21,05,1904, leg. LB (HNHM Pseud-1741: 1♂) ; Kaposvár: 26.09.1940, leg. IL (HNHM Pseud-1675: 1♀) ; Karcsa: Tekerületi Slopes , 15.06.2007, leg. GH (KFM Pseud-0019: 1♀) ; Kecskemét: 20.05.1891, leg. LB (HNHM Pseud-1830: 1♀) ; Kerecsend: Fácános-berek , oak forest of leass, 14.05.2010, leg. AG, ZG, OM, TN (HNHM Pseud-1695: 1♂, 2♀) ; Kölked: Bakai Forest , poplar-willow forest, 29.08.1990, leg. GSI (HNHM Pseud-1539: 1 juv.) ; Makád : 30.04.1988, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1749: 3♂) ; 25.06.1989, OM (HNHM Pseud-1569: 5♂, 8♀) ; Martonvásárpark :

19.05.1951, leg. JB (HNHM Pseud-1650: 1♂) ; Ócsa: under bark of poplar tree, 30.10.1952, leg. ZKA (HNHM Pseud-1561: 1♂) ; under alder tree, litter sifting, 15.05.2013, leg. JN (HNHM Pseud-1599: 1♀) ; 17.08.2013, leg. JN (HNHM Pseud-1600: 1♂) ; Madárvárta: sifted from reed debris, 17.08.2013, leg. JN (HNHM Pseud-1596: 6♀) ; Nagyerdő, 28.10.1952, leg. ZKO (HNHM Pseud-1553: 1♂ 1♀) ; Turján, 01.06.1953, leg. MM (HNHM Pseud-1660: 1♀) ; south-eastern part of Turjányi Forest , willow forest , 10.30.1952, leg. ZKA (HNHM Pseud-1532: 1♂, 2♀) ;

Paks: southern area, poplar-willow forest, 12.09.2002, leg. GSI (HNHM Pseud-1691: 1♀) ; Pácin : Mágócsi Castle, 08.10.2006, leg. GH, APD (KFM Pseud-0021: 1♂, 1♀) ; Pákozd : Bella Valley, 09.10.1951, leg. ZKA (HNHM Pseud-1743: 2♂, 1♀) ; Pápa : 23.04.1988, leg. ZKo, SR (HNHM Pseud-1755: 1♀) ; Sári : 12.03.1937, leg. JB (HNHM Pseud-1674: 1♀) ; Sukoró : lakeside, 12.11.1951, leg. ZKA (HNHM Pseud-1737: 2♂, 1♀; HNHM Pseud-1821: 20 adults) ; Szigetbecse : 24.06.1989, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1258: 17 adults) ; Tahitótfalu : Cseresznyés Valley, 20.05.1990, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1500: 1♂) ; Szőce : 19.10.1990, leg. ZKO (HNHM Pseud-1558: 1♂) ;

Tenkes Hill: 29.09.1960, from leaf litter, leg. IL (HNHM Pseud-1648: 1♀) ; Tüskei Forest : 07.06.1944, leg. AGE (HNHM Pseud-1657: 1♂) ; Újmáriafő: Öreg Forest , 30.08.2006. leg. EH, APd, GSI (HNHM Pseud-1269: 1 adult) ;

Vasvár: Nagymákfa, 05.06.2010, leg. AO (HNHM Pseud-1514: 2♀) ; Vászoly: 15.05.1941, leg. ZKa, VLS (HNHM Pseud-1387: 1♀) ; Vértesboglár: 25.09.2012, leg. KF (HNHM Pseud-1585: 1 juv.) .

Habitat preference: According to Beier (1963a), this species lives under tree bark in floodplains, in leaf litter of bushes which are somewhat protected from floods. In other parts of is range, it is often a distinctively maritime species ( Legg & Jones 1988; Tooren 2005), which can be found under coastal stones and in rock crevices. In Slovakia, Krajčovičová et al. (2012) collected it by beating branches, and it was also reported from oak-hornbeam forests ( Christophoryová 2013), and from heaps of decomposing material ( Kaňuchová et al. 2015), and from bird nests ( Christophoryová et al. 2011d), mammal nests ( Christophoryová et al. 2017b), compost heaps ( Christophoryová et al. 2017a), from dead wood and tree hollows, and under tree bark ( Christophoryová et al. 2017c). It was found under tree bark in Albania ( Červená et al. 2021a). In Hungary it has been found on tree trunks and in softwood grove ( Novák 2013a), and in beech-hornbeam forest (Novák 2018). Muster et al. (2024) reported it from the country from localities corresponding strongly with areas of salt-affected soils and inland salt habitats. During the present study, it was found in the following habitats: softwood grove, spruce forest, swamp, alder forest, under litter in drift of sand, oak forest of leass, willow forest, poplar-willow forest, under bark of poplar tree, under alder tree, sifted from reed debris, and lakeside.

Remarks: Dactylochelifer latreillii is widespread across Hungary.The taxon Chelifer tegulatus Tömösváry, 1882 was synonymized with Rhacochelifer peculiaris by Beier (1932b), however, examination of the type specimens has revealed that they belong to D. latreillii . Furthermore, the specimens identified by Tömösváry (1882a) as Chelifer subruber and C. disjunctus also belong to this species, as well as the specimens identified by Tömösváry (1882a) and Daday (1889) as C. peculiaris . As D. degeerii and D. ninnii were recently reinstated to species status from being junior synonymies of D. latreillii , and the presence of both sepcies were reported from Hungary by Muster et al. (2024), the revision of all Hungarian materieal earlier attributed to D. latreillii will be necessary in the future.