Hysterochelifer meridianus (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 : 17-18

Hysterochelifer meridianus (L. Koch, 1873) ( Figs. 4B , 5F ) ▲

New data: 15: by the roadside, under Platanus sp. bark, individual sampling, 14.viii.2019, 1 ñ, leg. Christophoryová J.; 19: by the roadside, under Eucalyptus sp. bark, individual sampling, 11.viii.2019, 6 ñ, 10 ò, 1 T, 2 D, leg. Christophoryová J.; 23: fig grove, under Ficus sp. bark, individual sampling, 12.viii.2019, 3 ñ, 1 ò, 4 D, 1 P, leg. Christophoryová J.; 24: road by the mountain valley, under Acer sp. bark, individual sampling, 13.viii.2019, 1 ñ, leg. Christophoryová J.; 26: olive grove, under Olea sp. bark, individual sampling, 28.iv.2017, 1 ò, 1 D, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.; 32: droughty river, under Platanus sp. bark, individual sampling, 12.viii.2019, 1 ò, Christophoryová J.; 38: field by-road, under Olea sp. bark, individual sampling, 11.viii.2019, 1 ñ, 1 ò, 2 D, leg. Christophoryová J.; 47: rural zone by the river, under the bark of broken tree, individual sampling, 28.iv.2017, 1 ñ, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.; 48: olive grove by the roadside, under Olea sp. bark, individual sampling, 28.iv.2017, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.; 62: roadside, under Eucalyptus sp. bark, individual sampling, 13.viii.2019, 7 ñ, 6 ò, 2 D, 4 P, leg. Christophoryová J.; 69: alley near the roadside, under Eucalyptus sp. bark, individual sampling, 27.iv.2017, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.; 73: by the roadside, under Eucalyptus sp. bark, individual sampling, 29.iv.2017, 1 ò, leg. Christophoryová J., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.; 75: by the small river, under Acer sp. bark, individual sampling, 30.iv.2017, 4 ñ, 2 ò, leg. Christophoryová J., Gežová S., Jablonski D., Mikulíček P.

European distribution: Albania (present paper), Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Spain ( Harvey 2013b).

Notes: Hysterochelifer meridianus is distributed widely in the Mediterranean region, including the Balkans ( Harvey 2013b). The species is recorded in Albania for the first time. This species is considered bark-dwelling, which is proved by the present records, as well as by the previous findings in Europe (e.g., Beier 1963; Mahnert 1977; Petrov 2004; Zaragoza 2007). During the study, H. meridianus was collected from under the bark of olive and eucalyptus trees in natural and anthropic biotopes. It was found mainly at the roadside and in places containing garbage. Based on the present findings, it is obvious that species has a wide range of biotope 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. 5. First pseudoscorpion records for Albania from the families Geogarypidae, Cheiridiidae, Atemnidae and Cheliferidae. A, Geogarypus italicus (female). B, Apocheiridium ferum (female). C, Atemnus syriacus (male). D, Beierochelifer peloponnesiacus (female). E, Hysterochelifer cyprius (female). F, Hysterochelifer meridianus (male). Scale bars = 1 mm.