Myzodium sp.

Myzodium sp.

( Figs 8–9 View Figures 6–9 )

Material: Hungary, Heves county, Balaton, mixed deciduous forest on the county border, Hypnum cupressiforme colony mixed with a single stem of Brachythecium salebrosum on the bark of dead trunk of Quercus cerris L., 400 m a.s.l., N 48.1089° E 20.2785°, leg. D. Murányi, 9.xi.2021, single viviparous apterous female and two larvae.

Remarks. The genus Myzodium Börner, 1949 contains a North American, a Chinese and a widespread European-American species. Our single adult specimen is undoubtedly a Myzodium but differs from M. modestum ( Hottes, 1926) , the only known European species, by lacking a conspicuous dorsal sclerotized shield. The dry habitat is also different from the mostly Sphagnum -dwelling congener, and our specimen probably belong to an undescribed species, but we are avoiding of describing it on the basis of a single adult. No further specimens were found in a sample taken from the same trunk on 26.iii.2024. Ants were not found in the samples, and the species-poor community comprised mostly mites and a few, small bodied springtails ( Table 1); oribatid mites were the most abundant.