Chthonius ischnocheles (Hermann, 1804)

(Figs 3A, 4A) ▲

New data: 51: extraction of compost heap, 22.10.2021, 1 ♂, leg. L. V .

European distribution: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part), United Kingdom (WPC 2024).

Notes: Chthonius ischnocheles is recorded in Bratislava for the first time. The species is distributed widely in Europe but in Slovakia, the data about its occurrence are rare (Krumpál 1980, 2000; Krumpál & Kiefer 1981). It was found in a beech forest and a cave (Krumpál 1980, 2000; Krumpál & Kiefer 1981). After more than 20 years, one male was extracted from a compost heap in the botanical garden in Bratislava, and by that new sampling site and habitat type for the species were discovered.