''Conicochernes'' is a
genus
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of
pseudoscorpions
Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans sin ...
in the
Chernetidae family
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. It is
endemic
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to Australia. It was described in 1948 by Austrian
arachnologist Max Beier
Max Beier (6 April 1903 in Spittal an der Drau – 4 July 1979 in Vienna) was an Austrian arachnologist and entomologist.
He studied zoology at the University of Vienna, and obtained his doctorate there in 1927. He took up a post at the Natural H ...
.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Conicochernes brevispinosus''
(L.Koch and Keyserling, 1885)
* ''
Conicochernes crassus''
Beier, 1954
* ''
Conicochernes doyleae''
Kennedy, 1990
* ''
Conicochernes globosus''
Beier, 1954
* ''
Conicochernes incrassatus''
(Beier, 1933)
References
Chernetidae
Pseudoscorpion genera
Endemic fauna of Australia
Pseudoscorpions of Australia
Taxa described in 1948
Taxa named by Max Beier
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