''Marachernes perup'' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chernetidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1992 by Australian arachnologist

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. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''perup'' refers to the type locality.

Description

The body length of the female holotype is 2.66 mm. The colour is mainly dark yellow-brown, with the front of the

carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...

and pedipalps dark red-brown.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia. The type locality is Perup Nature Reserve, some 40 km east of Manjimup, where the holotype was collected from beneath the bark of

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logs.

Behaviour

The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial

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References

Chernetidae Endemic fauna of Australia Pseudoscorpions of Australia Arthropods of Western Australia Animals described in 1992 Taxa named by Mark Harvey {{pseudoscorpion-stub