Arachnologische Mitteilungen
https://arages.de/zeitschrift/arachnologische-mitteilungenChristophoryová J, Vičanová L & Krajčovičová K
Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of the Burda Mountains in Slovakia
Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) aus dem Burda-Gebirge in der Slowakei
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In the territory of the Burda Mountains and its surroundings, 1489 individuals of pseudoscorpions belonging to 24 taxa and five families were recorded. The material was collected using standard sampling methods and from as many habitat types as possible in 77 study plots. Zoogeographically, Palaearctic species and species with European distribution were the most abundant. Pseudoscorpions of the families Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae mainly represented epigeic and edaphic forms. Synanthropic species belonged to the families Atemnidae and Cheliferidae. Representatives of the Chernetidae family were mostly dendrophilic, or they occurred in decaying organic material. In the Burda Mts., eurytopic species and stenoecious, thermophilic species associated with xerothermic habitats, occurred. From a faunistic point of view, the record of Chthonius orthodactylus (Leach, 1817), sensu Beier (1963) documented in Slovakia after more than 40 years again, was the most important. The study area represents its second known locality in Slovakia, and its habitat preference has been specified for the first time. The second locality of occurrence in Slovakia was also discovered for the distribution of Allochernes solarii (Simon, 1898). Diplotemnus balcanicus (Redikorzev, 1928) has only been found in the Burda Mts. in Slovakia. Despite the small size of the Burda Mts., this mountain range represents one of the most important areas in Slovakia in terms of pseudoscorpion species diversity; almost 40% of the known pseudoscorpion species live here. When assessing habitat types, xerothermic steppe and forest steppe sites appeared to be the most valuable. This is also documented by the occurrence of rare and, due to their close ecological valence, potentially endangered species such as Ephippiochthonius tuberculatus (Hadži, 1937), Microbisium suecicum Lohmander, 1945, Atemnus politus (Simon, 1878) or Allochernes solarii.
Central Europe, distribution, diversity, faunistics, thermophilic species