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

Authors: MAHRAD NASSIRKHANI, REZA VAFAI SHOUSHTARI

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

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