Biology:Mesochelifer

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Short description: Genus of pseudoscorpions

Mesochelifer
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Cheliferidae
Genus: Mesochelifer
Vachon, 1940
Type species
Mesochelifer fradei
Vachon, 1940
Species

4, see text

Mesochelifer is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Cheliferidae, first described by Max Vachon in 1940.[1]

Species

(As of October 2023), the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following four species:[2]

  • Mesochelifer fradei Vachon, 1940
  • Mesochelifer pardoi (Beier, 1956)
  • Mesochelifer ressli Mahnert, 1981
  • Mesochelifer thunebergi Kaisila, 1966

References

  1. Vachon, M. (1940). "Sur une espèce mal connue de Pseudoscorpions des Açores: Microcreagris caeca E. Simon". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 12 (2): 108–110. 
  2. "Mesochelifer Vachon, 1940". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/142. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10582114 entry