# Megachernes

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{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}}
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| taxon = Megachernes
| authority = [Beier](/source/Max_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
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'''''Megachernes''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [pseudoscorpions](/source/pseudoscorpions) in the [Chernetidae](/source/Chernetidae) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)). It was described in 1932 by Austrian [arachnologist](/source/arachnology) [Max Beier](/source/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=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-15}}</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>
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* ''[Megachernes barbatus](/source/Megachernes_barbatus)'' <small>Beier, 1951</small>
* ''[Megachernes biyunensis](/source/Megachernes_biyunensis)'' <small>Xu, Gao and Zhang, 2022</small>
* ''[Megachernes crinitus](/source/Megachernes_crinitus)'' <small>Beier, 1948</small>
* ''[Megachernes glandulosus](/source/Megachernes_glandulosus)'' <small>Mahnert, 2009</small>
* ''[Megachernes grandis](/source/Megachernes_grandis)'' <small>(Beier, 1930)</small>
* ''[Megachernes himalayensis](/source/Megachernes_himalayensis)'' <small>(Ellingsen, 1914)</small>
* ''[Megachernes kanneliyensis](/source/Megachernes_kanneliyensis)'' <small>Harvey, Ratnaweera, Randeniya and Wijesinghe, 2012</small>
* ''[Megachernes limatus](/source/Megachernes_limatus)'' <small>Hoff and Parrack, 1958</small>
** ''[Megachernes limatus crassus](/source/Megachernes_limatus_crassus)'' <small>Beier, 1965</small>
** ''[Megachernes limatus limatus](/source/Megachernes_limatus_limatus)'' <small>Hoff and Parrack, 1958</small>
* ''[Megachernes loebli](/source/Megachernes_loebli)'' <small>Schawaller, 1991</small>
* ''[Megachernes mongolicus](/source/Megachernes_mongolicus)'' <small>(Redikorzev, 1934)</small>
* ''[Megachernes monstrosus](/source/Megachernes_monstrosus)'' <small>Beier, 1966</small>
* ''[Megachernes ochotonae](/source/Megachernes_ochotonae)'' <small>Krumpál and Kiefer, 1982</small>
* ''[Megachernes papuanus](/source/Megachernes_papuanus)'' <small>Beier, 1948</small>
* ''[Megachernes pavlovskyi](/source/Megachernes_pavlovskyi)'' <small>Redikorzev, 1949</small>
* ''[Megachernes penicillatus](/source/Megachernes_penicillatus)'' <small>Beier, 1948</small>
* ''[Megachernes philippinus](/source/Megachernes_philippinus)'' <small>Beier, 1966</small>
* ''[Megachernes queenslandicus](/source/Megachernes_queenslandicus)'' <small>Beier, 1948</small>
* ''[Megachernes ryugadensis](/source/Megachernes_ryugadensis)'' <small>Morikawa, 1954</small>
** ''[Megachernes ryugadensis myophilus](/source/Megachernes_ryugadensis_myophilus)'' <small>Morikawa, 1960</small>
** ''[Megachernes ryugadensis naikaiensis](/source/Megachernes_ryugadensis_naikaiensis)'' <small>Morikawa, 1957</small>
** ''[Megachernes ryugadensis ryugadensis](/source/Megachernes_ryugadensis_ryugadensis)'' <small>Morikawa, 1954</small>
* ''[Megachernes soricicola](/source/Megachernes_soricicola)'' <small>Beier, 1974</small>
* ''[Megachernes titanius](/source/Megachernes_titanius)'' <small>Beier, 1951</small>
* ''[Megachernes trautneri](/source/Megachernes_trautneri)'' <small>Schawaller, 1994</small>
* ''[Megachernes tuberosus](/source/Megachernes_tuberosus)'' <small>Mahnert, 2009</small>
* ''[Megachernes vietnamensis](/source/Megachernes_vietnamensis)'' <small>Beier, 1967</small>
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Category:Chernetidae
Category:Pseudoscorpion genera
Category:Taxa described in 1932
Category:Taxa named by Max Beier
 
 
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