# Austinochernes

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{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}}
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| taxon = Austinochernes
| authority = [Harvey](/source/Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist)), 2021<ref name="harvey2021"/>
| type_species = ''Austinochernes andrewaustini''
| type_species_authority = Harvey, 2021
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'''''Austinochernes''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [pseudoscorpions](/source/pseudoscorpions) in the [Chernetidae](/source/Chernetidae) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)). It is [endemic](/source/endemism) to Australia, and was described in 2021 by Australian [arachnologist](/source/arachnology) [Mark Harvey](/source/Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist)). The genus name honours Professor Andy Austin for his contributions to [systematics](/source/systematics), combined with the genus name ''Chernes'' ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): 'labourer').<ref name="harvey2021">{{cite journal |last1=Harvey|first1=MS | date=2021 |title= A new genus of the pseudoscorpion family Chernetidae (Pseudoscorpiones) from southern Australia with Gondwanan affinities |url= https://www.americanarachnology.org/journal-joa/joa-all-volumes/detail/volume/144/ |journal= Journal of Arachnology |volume=48 |issue= 3|pages=300–310 [300]|doi= 10.1636/JoA-S-20-038|access-date=2023-11-06|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="wac"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/eeb29a46-7d5a-445a-9a95-1a74608faffa |title= Genus Austinochernes Harvey, 2021 |author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-06}}</ref>
 
==Species==
The genus contains the following two species:<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Genus: Austinochernes Harvey, 2021 |work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-11-06|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/7785 }}</ref>
* ''[Austinochernes andrewaustini](/source/Austinochernes_andrewaustini)'' <small>Harvey, 2021</small>
* ''[Austinochernes zigzag](/source/Austinochernes_zigzag)'' <small>Harvey, 2021</small>
 
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Category:Chernetidae
Category:Pseudoscorpion genera
Category:Taxa described in 2021
Category:Taxa named by Mark Harvey
 
 
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