Check List 16(3): 707-710, doi: 10.15560/16.3.707

Chernes similis (Beier, 1932) (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae) new to the fauna of Lithuania

Katarína Krajčovičová^‡, Povilas Ivinskis^§, Jolanta Rimšaité^§, Jana Christophoryová^‡

‡ Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia§ Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

Corresponding author: Katarína Krajčovičová ( krajcovic.katarina@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Alireza Zamani

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Citation: Krajčovičová K, Ivinskis P, Rimšaité J, Christophoryová J (2020) Chernes similis (Beier, 1932) (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae) new to the fauna of Lithuania. Check List 16(3): 707-710. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.707

Abstract

The pseudoscorpion Chernes similis (Beier, 1932) is reported from the Baltic region for the first time. The new record from Lithuania is based on a single male specimen found in a mould growing in a hollow of a Tilia L. tree in the Botanical Garden of Vilnius University. This finding represents the northernmost record of C. similis. With the new record of C. similis, nine pseudoscorpion species, belonging to six genera and three families, are currently known from Lithuania.

Keywords

Baltic, botanical garden, distribution, faunistics, new record