Dinocheirus panzeri (C. L. Koch, 1837)

Chelifer panzeri C.L. Koch, 1837: fasc. 140.6.

Chernes rufeolus Tömösváry 1882a: 190–191 .

Dinocheirus panzeri: Kárpáthegyi 2007: 88–89; Christophoryová et al. 2011b: 37; Harvey 2013; Novák 2013a: 126; Novák 2018: 103; Červená et al. 2020a: 223; WPC 2023.

Occurrence: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom (WPC 2023).

Known localities in Hungary: Sátoraljaújhely; Sóly; Tárkány (Tömösváry 1882a). Nagyrécse (Kárpáthegyi 2007). Lórév:riverbank of the Danube; Szendrő:Határ Valley; Sárvár:Katonapuszta(Novák2013a). Füzérradvány: Arboretum; Sátoraljaújhely: Tarda Valley; Szin: Szelcepuszta (Novák 2018).

New data: Feketeerdő: hardwood groove forest, 31.05.1989, leg. OM (HNHM Pseud-1568: 1♂) .

Habitat preference: According to earlier literature, D. panzeri is a synanthropic species, but it also lives in bird nests, fallen wood, and under tree bark (Beier 1963a; Legg & Jones 1988). In Slovakia, it was found in heaps of decomposing material (Kaňuchová et al. 2015), and in tree hollows (Christophoryová et al. 2017c). It has been found under tree bark in Albania (Červená et al. 2021a). In Hungary it has been reported from a mixed habitat of pasture and forest (Kárpáthegyi 2007), from willow forest, from tree trunks (Novák 2013a), from debris of a horse stable and from hole of a platane tree (Novák 2018).

Remarks: Dinocheirus panzeri was first recorded from Hungary by Kárpáthegyi (2007). Since then, it has been recorded from different parts of the country (Novák 2013a, 2018).