Genus: Megachernes Beier, 1932 | Family: Chernetidae Menge, 1855 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Megachernes grandis (Beier, 1930)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chernes grandis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:f73eff24-da35-4cf3-8fc6-b5b1f396b2dd

Genus type of Megachernes Beier, 1932

Taxonomic references

Chernes grandis

Beier, 1930e: 295–297, figs 7a–b, 8 original description
Beier, 1932a: n/a, fig. 13

Megachernes grandis (Beier):

Beier, 1932e: 128–129, figs 144a–b
Roewer, 1936: n/a, fig. 112i
Roewer, 1937: 296
Beier, 1948b: 485–486, figs 14–15
Beier, 1964d: 313
Beier, 1966b: 343
Durden, 1986: 324, fig. 4
Harvey, 1991a: 599
Harvey, Ratnaweera, Udagama and Wijesinghe, 2012: 2529

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Indo-Malaya

Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra)
Malaysia
Philippines
Type locality: Padang, Sumatera Berat, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Padang -1 100.35
Type repository
  • Holotype female (SMF, Roewer collection, Nr. 1037/19)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8327DC95-5A30-44BC-A277-7A0C98760DEF

References

Beier, M. (1930e). Die Pseudoskorpione der Sammlung Roewer. Zoologischer Anzeiger 91: 284–300. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1932a). Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Tierreich 57: i–xx, 1–258. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1932e). Pseudoscorpionidea II. Subord. C. Cheliferinea. Tierreich 58: i–xxi, 1–294. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1948b). Phoresie und Phagophilie bei Pseudoscorpionen. Österreichische Zoologische Zeitschrift 1: 441–497. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1964d). Some further nidicolous Chelonethi (Pseudoscorpionidea) from Malaya. Pacific Insects 6: 312–313. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1966b). Über Pseudoscorpione von den Philippinen. Pacific Insects 8: 340–348. -- Show included taxa

Durden, L.A. (1986). Ectoparasites and other arthropod associates of tropical rain forest mammals in Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia. National Geographic Research 2: 320–331. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S., Ratnaweera, P.B., Udagama, P.V. & Wijesinghe, M.R. (2012). A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Megachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with a threatened Sri Lankan rainforest rodent, with a review of host associations of Megachernes. Journal of Natural History 46: 2519–2535. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1936). Chelonethi oder Pseudoskorpione. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig 5(IV)(6)(1): 1–160. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1937). Chelonethi oder Pseudoskorpione. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig 5(IV)(6)(1): 161–320. -- Show included taxa

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