Lamprochernes chyzeri (Tömösváry, 1883)

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 : 19

Lamprochernes chyzeri (Tömösváry, 1883) ( Figs. 4D , 6C ) ▲

New data: 54: town residential area, cow-dung, sifting, 4.x.2016, 28 ñ, 41 ò, 11 T, 4 D, leg. Christophoryová J.; 54: town residential area, compost heap, 4.x.2016, 2 T, leg. Christophoryová J.

European distribution: Albania (present paper), Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom ( Harvey 2013b; Sammet et al. 2016; Christophoryová and Jablonski 2018).

Notes: Lamprochernes chyzeri is distributed widely in Europe, including the Balkans ( Harvey 2013b; Christophoryová and Jablonski 2018). The species is recorded for the first time in Albania. Harvey (2013b) listed Serbia in the pseudoscorpion catalogue; however, Ćurčić et al. (2020) did not include L. chyzeri in the pseudoscorpion checklist of Serbia. Ćurčić (1974) reported its occurrence in the former Yugoslavia, but no previous references confirmed this to mean Serbia (S. Ćurčić, pers. comm.). The species occurs mainly under the bark of old or decaying trees, in compost heaps, in phoretic association and accidentally in bird’s nests (e.g., Beier 1963; Legg and Jones 1988; Drogla and Lippold 2004; Petrov 2004; Turienzo et al. 2010; Christophoryová et al. 2011a; Kaňuchová et al. 2015; Christophoryová and Jablonski 2018). The present dicovery of the species in compost heaps correspond to its known habitat preferences.

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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.

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.