{{Short description|Species of pseudoscorpion}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | genus = Austrochernes | species = imitans | authority = (Beier, 1969)<ref name="beier1969">{{cite journal |last1=Beier|first1=M | date=1969 |title= Neue Pseudoskorpione aus Australien|url= |journal= Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien|volume=73 |issue= |pages=171–187 [185]|doi= |access-date=}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Specieslist |Troglochernes imitans|(Beier, 1967)}} }} '''''Austrochernes imitans''''' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chernetidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1969 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier.<ref name="beier1969"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/259cf8c3-2f44-43c0-b562-938fd8cb5f96|title= Species Austrochernes imitans (Beier, 1969) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-07}}</ref> ==Description== The body length of males is 3.23–4.50 mm; that of females is 3.94–4.74 mm. The colour of the pedipalps and carapace is dark reddish-brown, legs red-brown, and abdomen pale yellow-brown. Eyes are absent.<ref name="beier1969"/><ref name="h&v2007"/> ==Distribution and habitat== The species occurs on the Nullarbor Plain and Hampton bioregions, in south-east Western Australia. The type locality is Dingo Cave, where pseudoscorpions were found on guano and decaying vegetation in the dark zone.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="beier1969"/><ref name="h&v2007">{{cite journal |last1=Harvey|first1=MS |last2=Volschenk |first2=ES | date=2007 |title= A review of some Australasian Chernetidae: Sundochernes, Troglochernes and a new genus (Pseudoscorpiones)|url=https://www.americanarachnology.org/journal-joa/joa-all-volumes/detail/volume/36/ |journal= Journal of Arachnology |volume=35 |issue= 2|pages=238–277 [243]|doi= 10.1636/SH06-41.1|access-date=2023-11-07 }}</ref> ==Behaviour== The pseudoscorpions are cave-dwelling, terrestrial predators.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="beier1969"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q110905367|from2= Q10704801}} Category:Chernetidae Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia Category:Cave arachnids Category:Arachnids of Western Australia Category:Animals described in 1969 Category:Taxa named by Max Beier {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}