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

Megachernes himalayensis (Ellingsen, 1914)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chelifer himalayensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:a0678d2d-4345-4069-a8f2-e09994ac29cb

Taxonomic references

Chelifer himalayensis

Ellingsen, 1914: 5–6 original description

Megachernes himalayensis (Ellingsen):

Beier, 1932e: 130
Roewer, 1937: 296
Beier, 1974b: 269–270
Martens, 1975: 84–90, figs 1–2
Beier, 1978b: 415
Schawaller, 1983a: 110
Schawaller, 1987c: 213
Schawaller, 1988: 161
Harvey, 1991a: 599–600
Schawaller, 1991b: 782, fig. 1
Schawaller, 1995b: 1059
Beron, 2002: 38, 39
Zhao, Zhang, Jia and Zhu, 2011: 35
Harvey, Ratnaweera, Udagama and Wijesinghe, 2012: 2529

Megachernes cf. himalayensis (Ellingsen):

Schawaller, 1995b: 1059–1060

Synonyms
Megachernes sinensis Beier, 1932 -- synonymised by Beier, 1974b: 269
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:90277004-9825-4faf-a581-de4e33b6bbb9
Megachernes sinensis
Beier, 1932e: 129–130, fig. 145 original description
Beier, 1933a: 519–520, fig. 3
Roewer, 1937: 296
Beier, 1948b: 486–487, figs 16–17 (synonymised by Beier, 1974b: 269)
Distribution
Distribution table
China (Fujian, Guangxi?, Sichuan)
India
Nepal
Type locality: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Mussoorie 30.45 78.083333
Type repository
  • Holotype male (Indian Museum, Calcutta)
Zoobank LSID

C3A772C3-65C6-4166-BFB4-6176D9CB2CC6

References

Beier, M. (1932e). Pseudoscorpionidea II. Subord. C. Cheliferinea. Tierreich 58: i–xxi, 1–294. ZooBank: 98C7F989-4BB3-4C34-BECC-CB929322472B -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1933a). Revision der Chernetidae (Pseudoscorp.). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 64: 509–548. ZooBank: 64E6CCFB-7E1C-4161-98A3-884055644CE8 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1948b). Phoresie und Phagophilie bei Pseudoscorpionen. Österreichische Zoologische Zeitschrift 1: 441–497. ZooBank: F30CC6E0-E9BE-4C6E-A9FF-4D779119CD14 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1974b). Pseudoscorpione aus Nepal. Senckenbergiana Biologica 55: 261–280. ZooBank: 02FA6D61-AE98-4A52-A449-D44DB566A554 -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1978b). Pseudoskorpione aus Kashmir und Ladakh (Arachnida). Senckenbergiana Biologica 58: 415–417. -- Show included taxa

Beron, P. (2002). On the high altitude pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) in the Old World. Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 14: 29–44. -- Show included taxa

Ellingsen, E. (1914). On the pseudoscorpions of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Records of the Indian Museum 10: 1–14. ZooBank: 71DCF492-BD5F-4B4D-935A-863BF96B083D -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester: 725 pp. ZooBank: 631468A0-92DC-4DAC-A05D-6C46F6052D65 -- 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. ZooBank: D04A3A17-A252-44A4-AD5E-4D46417F2AF1 -- Show included taxa

Martens, J. (1975). Phoretische Pseudoskorpione auf Kleinsäugern des Nepal-Himalaya. Zoologischer Anzeiger 194: 84–90. -- 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

Schawaller, W. (1983a). Neue Pseudoskorpion-Funde aus dem Nepal-Himalaya (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionidea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 63: 105–111. -- Show included taxa

Schawaller, W. (1987c). Neue Pseudoskorpion-Funde aus dem Nepal-Himalaya, II (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Senckenbergiana Biologica 68: 199–221. -- Show included taxa

Schawaller, W. (1988). Neue Pseudoskorpion-Funde aus dem Kashmir-Himalaya (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 90: 157–162. -- Show included taxa

Schawaller, W. (1991b). Neue Pseudoskorpion-Funde aus dem Nepal-Himalaya, III (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98: 769–789. -- Show included taxa

Schawaller, W. (1995b). Review of the pseudoscorpion fauna of China (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 102: 1045–1064. -- Show included taxa

Zhao, Y.-W., Zhang, F., Jia, Y. & Zhu, M.-S. (2011). [A checklist of pseudoscorpions from China (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)]. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 20: 3041. -- Show included taxa

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