Austrochernes

{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Austrochernes | authority = Beier, 1932<ref name=afd/> |type_species = ''Austrochernes australiensis'' |type_species_authority = (With, 1905) }}

'''''Austrochernes''''' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Chernetinae, first described by Max Beier in 1932.<ref name="afd">{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: ''Austrochernes'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austrochernes |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}</ref><ref name="beier">{{cite journal|author=Beier, M.|editor-first1= Max|editor-first2= Heinz|editor-first3= Robert|editor-first4= Franz Eilhard|editor-first5= Richard|editor-last1= Beier|editor-last2= Wermuth|editor-last3= Mertens|editor-last4= Schulze|editor-last5= Hesse|editor-last6= Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft|date= 1932|title= Pseudoscorpionidea II. Suborder Cheliferinea|journal= Das Tierreich|volume=58| pages= i-xxi, 1-294 [170] |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111435114/html|doi=10.1515/9783111435114|isbn= 978-3-11-106939-5|url-access= subscription}}</ref> Species of this genus are found in mainland Australia and New Guinea.<ref name="afd" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Atlas of Living Australia |title=Genus: ''Austrochernes'' |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1cd2c23a-f7a7-4706-ac5b-b464f9e4dc21 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=bie.ala.org.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=''Austrochernes'' Beier, 1932 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2127852 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref> The Australian Faunal Directory decisions for synonymy are based on a 2018 paper by Mark Harvey.<ref name="afd" /><ref name="harvey">{{cite Q|Q104461901}}</ref>

==Species== Species of this genus include:<ref name="list">{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: ''Austrochernes'' name list |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Austrochernes/names |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}</ref> *''Austrochernes australiensis'' {{small|(With, 1905)}} *''Austrochernes cruciatus'' {{small|(Volschenk, 2007)}} *''Austrochernes dewae'' {{small|(Beier, 1967)}} *''Austrochernes guanophilus'' {{small|(Beier, 1967)}} *''Austrochernes imitans'' {{small|(Beier, 1969)}} *''Austrochernes novaeguineae'' {{small|(Beier, 1965)}} *''Austrochernes omorgus'' {{small|(Harvey & Volschenk, 2007)}}

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Category:Chernetidae Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Taxa named by Max Beier