A NEW GENUS OF MYRMECOPHILOUS CHERNETIDAE FROM SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA (PSEUDOSCORPIONIDA)

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Abstract: A new genus, Marachernes, with three new species, M. bellus (type species), M, simulans and M. perup, is described from southern Australia, The relationship of the genus to two other myrmecophiles, Myrmochernes Tullgren and Xenochernes Feio, is discussed, and the possible gondwanan origin for the group is highlighted.

Author(s) HARVEY, MARK S. : Part 4
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