TY - JOUR
T1 - The pseudoscorpion genus Verrucachernes (Pseudoscorpiones
T2 - Chernetidae) in the Indian region
AU - Romero-Ortiz, Catalina
AU - Harvey, Mark S.
PY - 2019/3/20
Y1 - 2019/3/20
N2 - The pseudoscorpion genus Verrucachernes Chamberlin, 1947 is widely distributed in the Old World tropics, with three named Australasian and West Pacific species and two from Africa. A review of some pseudoscorpions described from India has revealed that Withius parvus Beier, 1930 (currently in the genus Metawithius) and Pselaphochernes indicus Beier, 1974 are misplaced and actually belong to the genus Verrucachernes Chamberlin, 1947, forming the new combinations V. parvus (Beier, 1930) comb. nov. and V. indicus (Beier, 1974) comb. nov., respectively. Both species possess the single, large, rounded spermatheca and other features typical of Verrucachernes.
AB - The pseudoscorpion genus Verrucachernes Chamberlin, 1947 is widely distributed in the Old World tropics, with three named Australasian and West Pacific species and two from Africa. A review of some pseudoscorpions described from India has revealed that Withius parvus Beier, 1930 (currently in the genus Metawithius) and Pselaphochernes indicus Beier, 1974 are misplaced and actually belong to the genus Verrucachernes Chamberlin, 1947, forming the new combinations V. parvus (Beier, 1930) comb. nov. and V. indicus (Beier, 1974) comb. nov., respectively. Both species possess the single, large, rounded spermatheca and other features typical of Verrucachernes.
KW - Metawithius
KW - Pselaphochernes
KW - taxonomy
KW - morphology
KW - ARACHNIDA
U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.8
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.8
M3 - Article
C2 - 31715862
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4568
SP - 337
EP - 346
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 2
ER -