Allochernes peregrinus Lohmander, 1939

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 : 25

Allochernes peregrinus Lohmander, 1939

( Figs 8B , 9B )

Published data: 5: sifting of leaf litter and soil, 3.5.2005, 1 T, leg. M.H. ( Christophoryová 2013); 14: sifting of leaf litter and soil, 26.5.2006, 3 ♀♀, leg. M.H. ( ChristophoryovÁ 2013); 81: sifting of leaf litter and soil, 1.4.2005, 1 D, leg. M.H. ( Christophoryová 2013); 191: individual sampling of phoretic pseudoscorpion on Diptera , 29.5.2013, 1 ♀, leg. E.S., V.S. ( ChristophoryovÁ et al. 2017a).

European distribution: Austria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland ( ČervenÁ et al. 2020c; WPC 2024).

Notes: Allochernes peregrinus was rarely found in Bratislava , caught phoretically on a dipteran ( Christophoryová et al. 2017a) and in leaf litter and soil ( Christophoryová 2013).

New locations were recorded during the present research.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Pseudoscorpions from the families Cheliferidae and Chernetidae. A. Mesochelifer ressli (female, loc. 41). B. Allochernes peregrinus (female, loc. 14). C. Allochernes solarii (male, loc. 187). D. Allochernes wideri (female, loc. 101). E. Chernes cimicoides (female, loc. 85). F. Chernes hahnii (female, loc. 87). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 9. Distribution of the species of Cheliferidae and Chernetidae in Bratislava city. A. Mesochelifer ressli. B. Allochernes peregrinus. C. Allochernes solarii. D. Allochernes wideri. For the locality codes, see Table 1.