Megachernes

{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Megachernes | authority = Beier, 1932<ref name="beier1932">{{cite journal |last1=Beier|first1=M | date=1932 |title= Pseudoscorpionidea II. Suborder Cheliferinea|url= |journal= Das Tierreich|volume=58 |issue= |pages=i–xxi, 1–294 [128] |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> | type_species = ''Chernes grandis'' | type_species_authority = Beier, 1930 | synonyms = }} '''''Megachernes''''' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Chernetidae family. It was described in 1932 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier.<ref name="beier1932"/><ref name="wac"/><ref name="afd-g">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/40566710-e21d-48c0-819f-6b6ab3bcd55d|title= Genus Megachernes Beier, 1932|author=|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-15}}</ref> ==Species== The genus contains the following species:<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Genus: Megachernes Beier, 1932|work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-11-15|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/490}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Megachernes barbatus'' Beier, 1951 * ''Megachernes biyunensis'' Xu, Gao and Zhang, 2022 * ''Megachernes crinitus'' Beier, 1948 * ''Megachernes glandulosus'' Mahnert, 2009 * ''Megachernes grandis'' (Beier, 1930) * ''Megachernes himalayensis'' (Ellingsen, 1914) * ''Megachernes kanneliyensis'' Harvey, Ratnaweera, Randeniya and Wijesinghe, 2012 * ''Megachernes limatus'' Hoff and Parrack, 1958 ** ''Megachernes limatus crassus'' Beier, 1965 ** ''Megachernes limatus limatus'' Hoff and Parrack, 1958 * ''Megachernes loebli'' Schawaller, 1991 * ''Megachernes mongolicus'' (Redikorzev, 1934) * ''Megachernes monstrosus'' Beier, 1966 * ''Megachernes ochotonae'' Krumpál and Kiefer, 1982 * ''Megachernes papuanus'' Beier, 1948 * ''Megachernes pavlovskyi'' Redikorzev, 1949 * ''Megachernes penicillatus'' Beier, 1948 * ''Megachernes philippinus'' Beier, 1966 * ''Megachernes queenslandicus'' Beier, 1948 * ''Megachernes ryugadensis'' Morikawa, 1954 ** ''Megachernes ryugadensis myophilus'' Morikawa, 1960 ** ''Megachernes ryugadensis naikaiensis'' Morikawa, 1957 ** ''Megachernes ryugadensis ryugadensis'' Morikawa, 1954 * ''Megachernes soricicola'' Beier, 1974 * ''Megachernes titanius'' Beier, 1951 * ''Megachernes trautneri'' Schawaller, 1994 * ''Megachernes tuberosus'' Mahnert, 2009 * ''Megachernes vietnamensis'' Beier, 1967 {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q10579393}} {{Authority control}} Category:Chernetidae Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Taxa described in 1932 Category:Taxa named by Max Beier {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}