Key to the species of Megachernes Beier (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae),with notes on M. afghanicus and M. pavlovskyi

Authors

MAHRAD NASSIRKHANI
REZA VAFAI SHOUSHTARI

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1511-54

Abstract

An identification key is presented for all described species of the pseudoscorpions belonging to the genus Megachernes. Megachernes afghanicus Beier, 1959 is also considered as a junior subjective synonym of M. pavlovskyi Redikorzev, 1949.

Keywords

Arachnida, faunistic, morphology, morphometric characters, synonym, taxonomy

First Page

568

Last Page

575

Recommended Citation

NASSIRKHANI, MAHRAD and SHOUSHTARI, REZA VAFAI (2017) "Key to the species of Megachernes Beier (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae),with notes on M. afghanicus and M. pavlovskyi," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 41: No. 3, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1511-54
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol41/iss3/21