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

Megachernes limatus Hoff and Parrack, 1958

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Megachernes limatus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:123f0042-84be-4cfe-9667-321f8f535d16

Taxonomic references

Megachernes limatus

Hoff and Parrack, 1958: 4–9, figs 1–2 original description
Beier, 1965g: 772–773, fig. 13
Durden, 1991: 204
Harvey, 1991a: 600
Beron, 2002: 38
Harvey, Ratnaweera, Udagama and Wijesinghe, 2012: 2529

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Australasia

Indonesia (West Papua)
Papua New Guinea
Type locality: Mount Dayman, Maneau Range, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Mount Dayman -9.833333 149.283333
Type repository
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Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E37D679A-6B77-4A76-BEF3-8299B13E567A

References

Beier, M. (1965g). Die Pseudoscorpioniden Neu-Guineas und der benachbarten Inseln. Pacific Insects 7: 749–796. -- 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

Durden, L.A. (1991). Pseudoscorpions associated with mammals in Papua New Guinea. Biotropica 23: 204–206. -- 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

Hoff, C.C. & Parrack, D. (1958). Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 77. Two species of Megachernes (Pseudoscorpionida, Chernetidae). American Museum Novitates 1881: 1–9. -- Show included taxa

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