Lustrochernes Beier, 1932

Genus

Distribution Count
Argentina 5
Brazil 8
Colombia 1
Costa Rica 2
Cuba 1
Dominica 1
Ecuador 4
Guadeloupe 1
Guatemala 2
Mexico 8
Panama 1
Peru 4
Puerto Rico 1
Paraguay 2
Suriname 1
El Salvador 2
Trinidad and Tobago 1
United States 4
Venezuela 7

Pseudoscorpiones de Geer 1778

Order

Iocheirata Harvey 1992

Suborder

Cheliferoidea Risso 1826

Superfamily

Marachernes bellus from Australia (Image: M. Harvey)

Chernetidae Menge, 1855

Family

Chernetinae Menge 1855

Subfamily

Chernetini Menge 1855

Tribe

Type species

of Pelorus: Pelorus rufimanus C.L. Koch, 1843, by monotypy.
of Lustrochernes: Chelifer argentinus Thorell, 1877a, by original designation.

References

Pelorus C.L. Koch, 1843: 59 (junior homonym of Pelorus Montfort, 1808, and Pelorus Fischer-Waldheim, 1821).

Lustrochernes Beier, 1932c: 259-260; Beier, 1932e: 87-88; Hoff, 1956c: 9-10; Harvey, 1991a: 594 (synonymised by Beier, 1932c: 267).

Species