Prior to
April 2020, this very small Pseudoscorpion had been
recorded just once in the county, since historical records from
Bulwell Hall Wood, Grives Wood near Kirkby-in-Ashfield and
Mansfield Woodhouse in 1903. when recorded from Walkeringham NR on
17/04/03 in north Nottinghamshire (Williams,
H.).
The more recent occurrences,
include four (three adults and one immature) recorded from a leaf litter sample taken from
along a disused railway
line at Market Warsop on 20/04/20, followed by a single in a
woodchip/leaf litter sample from Cuckney on 07/04/20, a single from
Cedar and conifer needle litter at Retford Cemetery on 15/04/23 and four
from leaf litter at Lound Wood Eakring on 18/04/23. |