Family CHERNETIDAE Menge, 1855


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Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Introduction

The Chernetidae are the largest family of pseudoscorpions. Many are corticolous, but others are found in a variety of habitats including leaf litter and under rocks, and several are known to be routinely phoretic on insects. The family currently includes nearly 100 genera and over 600 species (Harvey 1991) and is distributed over much of the world. Several subfamilial and tribal names have been proposed in the literature, but only three subfamily names are currently valid. All three subfamilies are represented in the Australian fauna.

 

Diagnosis

Chernetids differ from all other cheliferoids in lacking a venom apparatus in the fixed chelal finger.

 

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester : Manchester University Press.

Harvey, M.S. 2021. A new genus of the pseudoscorpion family Chernetidae (Pseudoscorpiones) from southern Australia with Gondwanan affinities. Journal of Arachnology (48): 300–310

 

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Subfamily Chernetinae Menge, 1855


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Introduction

The Chernetinae are probably a paraphyletic group (Harvey 1995), and clearly are in need of intensive study to determine their relationships and composition. The subfamily includes the majority of chernetids, and is strongly represented in Australia.

 

Diagnosis

The Chernetinae can be distinguished from Goniochernetinae by the straight posterior carapaceal margin, and from Lamprochernetinae by the lack of T-shaped spermathcae.

 

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1995. Barbaraella gen. nov. and Cacoxylus Beier (Pseudoscorpionda: Chernetidae), two remarkable sexually dimorphic pseudoscorpions from Australasia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 199-208

 

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Tribe Chernetini Menge, 1855

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Genus Americhernes Muchmore, 1976

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

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Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

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Species Americhernes mahnerti Harvey, 1990

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Americhernes muchmorei Harvey, 1990

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Americhernes neboissi Harvey, 1990

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Americhernes orestes Harvey, 1990

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Americhernes paluma Harvey, 1990

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Genus Apatochernes Beier, 1948

 

Distribution

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IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

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Australian Region

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Species Apatochernes posticus Beier, 1976

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Genus Austinochernes Harvey, 2021

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


IBRA

SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; Tas: Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM)

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Species Austinochernes andrewaustini Harvey, 2021

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

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Species Austinochernes zigzag Harvey, 2021

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Likely a short range endemic

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM)

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Genus Austrochernes Beier, 1932

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL)

Distribution References

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Species Austrochernes australiensis (With, 1905)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Austrochernes cruciatus (Volschenk, 2007)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

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Species Austrochernes dewae (Beier, 1967)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

From nest of Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla).

 

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Species Austrochernes guanophilus (Beier, 1967)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Austrochernes imitans (Beier, 1969)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


IBRA

WA: Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Beier, M. 1975. Neue Pseudoskorpione aus Australien und Neu-Guinea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 78: 203-213 [title page bears the date December 1974] [203] (distribution)

Harvey, M.S. & Volschenk, E.S. 2007. A review of some Australasian Chernetidae: Sundochernes, Troglochernes and a new genus (Pseudoscorpiones). Journal of Arachnology 35: 238–277 [243] (review, new records)

 

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Species Austrochernes omorgus (Harvey & Volschenk, 2007)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

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Genus Balgachernes Harvey, 2018

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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Species Balgachernes occultus Harvey, 2018

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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Genus Barbaraella Harvey, 1995

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

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Australian Region

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Species Barbaraella mainae Harvey, 1995

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Genus Cordylochernes Beier, 1932

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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IBRA

WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

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Species Cordylochernes dingo Harvey, 1990

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Genus Haplochernes Beier, 1932

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland


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IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Oriental Region

Distribution References

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Species Haplochernes norfolkensis Beier, 1976

 

Distribution

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IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Beaten from foliage.

 

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Species Haplochernes ramosus (L. Koch & Keyserling, 1885)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland


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IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

General References

Beier, M. 1966. On the Pseudoscorpionidea of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 275-303 (redescription, distribution)

 

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Genus Nesidiochernes Beier, 1957

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia


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IBRA

NSW, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Oriental Region

Distribution References

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Species Nesidiochernes australicus Beier, 1966

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia


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NSW, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, low open woodland, predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Beier, M. 1975. Neue Pseudoskorpione aus Australien und Neu-Guinea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 78: 203-213 [title page bears the date December 1974] [203] (distribution)

 

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Species Nesidiochernes fissuricola Curran & Harvey, 2024

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Leaf litter.

 

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Species Nesidiochernes slateri Beier, 1975

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Genus Nesochernes Beier, 1932

 

Distribution

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IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Nesochernes gracilis Beier, 1976

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IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Subspecies Nesochernes gracilis norfolkensis Beier, 1976

 

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IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Genus Parachernes Chamberlin, 1931

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

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Subgenus Parachernes (Parachernes) Chamberlin, 1931

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

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Species Parachernes (Parachernes) sabulosus (Tullgren, 1909)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Genus Paraustrochernes Beier, 1966

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


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Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Distribution References

General References

Cole, D.C., Elgar, M.A. & Harvey, M.S. 1995. Associations between Australian pseudoscorpions and ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 101: 221-227 [221] (biology)

 

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Species Paraustrochernes victorianus Beier, 1966

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark (host(s): Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) [DASYURIDAE] Brush-tailed Phascogale).

 

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Genus Satrapanus Harvey & Volschenk, 2007

 

Distribution

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

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Species Satrapanus grayi (Beier, 1976)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Genus Sundochernes Beier, 1932

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


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Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Distribution References

General References

Harvey, M.S. & Volschenk, E.S. 2007. A review of some Australasian Chernetidae: Sundochernes, Troglochernes and a new genus (Pseudoscorpiones). Journal of Arachnology 35: 238–277

 

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Species Sundochernes australiensis Beier, 1954

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial (host(s): Rattus fuscipes assimilis (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE]), under bark.

 

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Species Sundochernes dubius Beier, 1954

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Sundochernes queenslandicus Beier, 1975

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

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Tribe Myrmochernetini Chamberlin, 1931

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Genus Marachernes Harvey, 1992

 

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia


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IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Distribution References

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1994. Redescription and the systematic position of the Brazilian genus Xenochernes Feio (Pseudoscorpionida: Chernetidae). Journal of Arachnology 22: 131-137 [132] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement phylogenetic position)

 

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Species Marachernes bellus Harvey, 1992

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


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IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

General References

Cole, D.C., Elgar, M.A. & Harvey, M.S. 1995. Associations between Australian pseudoscorpions and ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 101: 221-227 [221] (biology)

 

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Species Marachernes perup Harvey, 1992

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Species Marachernes simulans Harvey, 1992

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Subfamily Goniochernetinae Beier, 1932


Compiler and date details

Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Introduction

The Goniochernetinae are the smallest of the chernetid subfamilies with only 10 species in three genera (Harvey 1991). Goniochernes is found in western and central Africa, while Conicochernes and Calymmachernes are endemic to Australia.

 

Diagnosis

The Goniochernetinae are easily distinguished from other chernetids by the angulate posterior margin of the carapace. In this respect they resemble the Sternophoridae but, unlike all chernetids, sternophorids have an inter-coxal pseudosternum and a venom apparatus in both chelal fingers.

 

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester : Manchester University Press.

 

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Genus Calymmachernes Beier, 1954

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Calymmachernes angulatus Beier, 1954

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Genus Conicochernes Beier, 1948

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

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Australian Region

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Species Conicochernes brevispinosus (L. Koch & Keyserling, 1885)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


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IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

General References

Beier, M. 1948. Über Pseudoscorpione der australischen region. Environmental Entomology 24: 525-562 [533] (redescription, distribution)

Beier, M. 1966. On the Pseudoscorpionidea of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 275-303 [297] (distribution)

 

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Species Conicochernes crassus Beier, 1954

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Species Conicochernes doyleae Kennedy, 1989

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


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IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Species Conicochernes globosus Beier, 1954

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Species Conicochernes incrassatus (Beier, 1933)

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

 

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Subfamily Lamprochernetinae Beier, 1932


Compiler and date details

Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Introduction

The Lamprochernetinae comprise only seven genera (Harvey 1995), most of which are restricted to the Northern Hemisphere. In the Australian fauna, the subfamily is represented by one introduced species, and two species of Megachernes from northern Queensland, both of which are commensal with native mammals.

 

Diagnosis

Lamprochernetines differ from all other chernetid by the form of the female spermathecae which are T-shaped.

 

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1995. Barbaraella gen. nov. and Cacoxylus Beier (Pseudoscorpionda: Chernetidae), two remarkable sexually dimorphic pseudoscorpions from Australasia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 199-208

 

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Genus Lamprochernes Tömösváry, 1882

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


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IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

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Species Lamprochernes savignyi (Simon, 1881)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from not known.


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IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1987. Redescription and new synonyms of the cosmopolitan species Lamprochernes savignyi (Simon) (Chernetidae: Pseudoscorpionida). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 111-116 [111] (redescription)

 

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Genus Megachernes Beier, 1932

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

General References

Harvey, M.S. & Parnaby, H.E. 1993. Records of pseudoscorpions associated with bats. Australian Mammalogy 16: 39-40 [39] (undescribed Australian species on bats)

 

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Species Megachernes penicillatus Beier, 1948

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

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Species Megachernes queenslandicus Beier, 1948

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Ravenshoe and Kuranda, QLD.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

History of changes

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