Americhernes

{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Americhernes | authority = Muchmore, 1976<ref name="muchmore1976"/> | type_species = ''Chelifer oblongus'' | type_species_authority = Say, 1821 | synonyms = }} '''''Americhernes''''' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Chernetidae family. It was described in 1976 by American arachnologist William Muchmore.<ref name="muchmore1976">{{cite journal |last1=Muchmore|first1=WB | date=1976 |title= Pseudoscorpions from Florida and the Caribbean area. 5. Americhernes, a new genus based upon Chelifer oblongus Say (Chernetidae)|url= |journal= Florida Entomologist|volume=59 |issue= |pages=151–163 [151]|doi= 10.2307/3493964|jstor=3493964 |access-date= |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="wac"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ece2148a-f92e-4274-a1d7-cf07a613d90c |title= Genus Americhernes Muchmore, 1976 |author=|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-04}}</ref> ==Species== The genus contains the following species:<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Genus: Americhernes Muchmore, 1976|work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-11-04|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/312}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Americhernes andinus'' (Beier, 1959) * ''Americhernes bethaniae'' Mahnert, 1979 * ''Americhernes chilensis'' (Beier, 1964) * ''Americhernes eidmanni'' (Beier, 1935) * ''Americhernes ellipticus'' (Hoff, 1944) * ''Americhernes guarany'' (Feio, 1946) * ''Americhernes incertus'' Mahnert, 1979 * ''Americhernes kanaka'' (Chamberlin, 1938) * ''Americhernes levipalpus'' (Muchmore, 1972) * ''Americhernes longimanus'' Muchmore, 1976 * ''Americhernes mahnerti'' Harvey, 1990 * ''Americhernes muchmorei'' Harvey, 1990 * ''Americhernes neboissi'' Harvey, 1990 * ''Americhernes oblongus'' (Say, 1821) * ''Americhernes orestes'' Harvey, 1990 * ''Americhernes ovatus'' (Balzan, 1892) * ''Americhernes paluma'' Harvey, 1990 * ''Americhernes perproximus'' (Beier, 1962) * ''Americhernes plaumanni'' (Beier, 1974) * ''Americhernes puertoricensis'' Muchmore, 1976 * ''Americhernes reductus'' Muchmore, 1976 * ''Americhernes samoanus'' (Chamberlin, 1938) * ''Americhernes suraiurana'' (Feio, 1945) {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q10408139}} {{Authority control}} Category:Chernetidae Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Taxa described in 1976 Category:Taxa named by William B. Muchmore {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}