Chthonius ischnocheles (Hermann, 1804)

Christophoryová, Jana, Rusinko, Adam, Purkart, Adrián & Vičanová, Lucia, 2025, Urban biodiversity of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) in the conditions of Central Europe, Zootaxa 5590 (1), pp. 1-45 : 12-13

Chthonius ischnocheles (Hermann, 1804)

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New data: 51: extraction of compost heap, 22.10.2021, 1 ♂, leg. L. V .

European distribution: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part), United Kingdom ( WPC 2024).

Notes: Chthonius ischnocheles is recorded in Bratislava for the first time. The species is distributed widely in Europe but in Slovakia, the data about its occurrence are rare ( Krumpál 1980, 2000; Krumpál & Kiefer 1981). It was found in a beech forest and a cave ( Krumpál 1980, 2000; Krumpál & Kiefer 1981). After more than 20 years, one male was extracted from a compost heap in the botanical garden in Bratislava , and by that new sampling site and habitat type for the species were discovered.

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FIGURE 3. Pseudoscorpions from the families Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae. A. Chthonius ischnocheles (male, locality 51). B. Chthonius ressli (male, loc. 148). C. Ephippiochthonius boldorii (male, loc. 65). D. Ephippiochthonius fuscimanus (male, loc. 112). E. Ephippiochthonius tetrachelatus (male, loc. 146). F. Neobisium carcinoides (male, loc. 68). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 4. Distribution of the species of Chthoniidae in Bratislava city. A. Chthonius ischnocheles. B. Chthonius ressli. C. Ephippiochthonius boldorii. D. Ephippiochthonius fuscimanus. For the locality codes, see Table 1.