Neobisium (Neobisium) sylvaticum (C.L. Koch, 1835)

(Figs 6C, 7A)

Published data: 3: sifting of leaf litter and soil, 24.9.1999, 1 ♂; 26.7.2000, 1 D; leg. M.H., Z.K., I.O. (ChristophoryovÁ 2013); 14: sifting of leaf litter and soil, 8.10.2005, 1 D; 26.5.2006, 1 T; leg. M.H. (Christophoryová 2013); 134: Malaise trap, 2009 (date not specified), 1 ♂, leg. Ľ.V. (ČervenÁ et al. 2020b); 168: sifting of leaf litter and soil, 7.4.2005, 1 ♂; 29.6.2005, 1 D; 3.8.2006, 1 T; 1.9.2006, 2 T; leg. M.H. (ChristophoryovÁ 2013).

New data: 21: Malaise trap, 4.2.2021, 1 ♀, leg. O.M.; 25: pitfall trap, 4.2.2021, 1 ♂, leg. O.M.; 89: sifting of leaf litter and soil, 21.5.2013, 1 ♂, leg. K.K.; 189: pitfall trap, 17.11.2018, 1 ♀; Malaise trap, 10.12.2018, 1 ♀; 3.2.2019, 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; 25.2.2019, 8 ♂♂; leg. O.M.

European distribution: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine (WPC 2024).

Notes: Neobisium sylvaticum lives in leaf litter and soil, but it is also known to be able to climb bushes or trees when looking for shelter or food (KrajčovičovÁ & ChristophoryovÁ 2014; ChristophoryovÁ et al. 2017b). This ability is confirmed by older (ČervenÁ et al. 2020b), but especially by new findings in the Malaise traps in Bratislava . Neobisium sylvaticum occurs at eight sampling sites in Bratislava, four of which have been published and four of which are new.