{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Australochelifer | authority = Beier, 1975<ref name="beier1975">{{cite journal |last1=Beier|first1=M | date=1975 |title= Neue Pseudoskorpione aus Australien und Neu-Guinea |url= |journal= Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien |volume=78 |issue= |pages=203–213 [209] |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> | type_species = ''Australochelifer pygmaeus'' | type_species_authority = Beier, 1975 | synonyms = }} '''''Australochelifer''''' is a monotypic genus of pseudoscorpions in the Cheliferidae family. It was described in 1975 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier.<ref name="beier1975"/><ref name="wac"/><ref name="afd-g">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/434a141e-bc42-4255-bb20-a893d2065d90 |title= Genus Australochelifer Beier, 1975 |author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-19}}</ref> ==Species== The genus contains the single species '''''Australochelifer pygmaeus''''' <small>Beier, 1975</small>.<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Genus: Australochelifer Beier, 1975 |work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-11-19|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/243}}</ref><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bc4a6e6c-1a34-43f5-9714-14492e1fb3cc|title= Species Australochelifer pygmaeus Beier, 1975|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-19}}</ref> ===Distribution and habitat=== The species occurs in New South Wales. The type locality is near Waste Point on Mount Kosciuszko, where the pseudoscorpions were found in open forest plant litter.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="beier1975"/> ===Behaviour=== The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="beier1975"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q18093988|from2= Q2872221}} {{Authority control}} Category:Cheliferidae Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Monotypic arachnid genera Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Arthropods of New South Wales Category:Taxa described in 1975 Category:Taxa named by Max Beier {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}