Chelifer cancroides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined. Spain, Castilla y León Community, Salamanca province, La Bastida (40°35′26″N, 06°02′50″W), 1 ♂ (Ref CEUA 00106315), 1 ♂ (DEUA 2028), 4 ♀♀ (CEUA 00106316‒00106319), all ET, 26.VI.2012; 1 ♀ (DEUA 2029), 24.VII.2012, ET; 1 ♀ (MNCN 20.02 /18246), ET, 21.VIII.2012; 2 ♀♀ (CEUA 0 0 106320, 00106321), WT, 21.VIII.2012; all leg. A. García-López, E . Micó & A. Ramírez-Hernández. El Rebollar (40°18ʹ50ʺN, 06°44ʹ10ʺW), 1 ♀ (CEUA 00106322), 1 ♀ (DEUA 2030), ET, 01.VII.2014, leg. L. González & P. Ramilo.

Distribution. Worldwide, but more common in the Holarctic region (Harvey 2013). Records from Iberian Peninsula (Zaragoza 2007; this study)— Spain (mainland): Girona, Lleida, Madrid, Salamanca and Tarragona provinces; Balearic Islands: Mallorca.

Ecology. Under tree bark, in nests of birds and bees, caves, synanthropic, phoretic on bats, Diptera and Hymenoptera (Beier 1963; Poinar et al. 1998).