{{Short description|Species of pseudoscorpion}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | genus = Austinochernes | species = zigzag | authority = Harvey, 2021<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 [308]|doi= 10.1636/JoA-S-20-038|access-date=2023-11-06 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> | synonyms = }} '''''Austinochernes zigzag''''' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chernetidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2021 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey. The specific epithet ''zigzag'' refers to the type locality.<ref name="harvey2021"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/75cbe6dd-8d77-42ac-a576-b2a46e99166b |title= Species Austinochernes zigzag 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> ==Description== The body length of males is 2.40–2.80 mm. The colour of the pedipalps, coxae and carapace is deep red-brown, the legs yellow-brown.<ref name="harvey2021"/> ==Distribution and habitat== The species occurs in northern Tasmania. The type locality is the Zigzag Track at Cataract Gorge, Launceston, where the male holotype and paratypes were collected from beneath a rock.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="harvey2021"/> ==Behaviour== The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="harvey2021"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q111362236}} Category:Chernetidae Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia Category:Arthropods of Tasmania Category:Animals described in 2021 Category:Taxa named by Mark Harvey {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}