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Americhernes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2127089https://www.gbif.org/species/2127089
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)272715https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=272715
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Pseudoscorpiones : Chernetidae : Americhernes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
-HaplocnemataBorner 1904
orderPseudoscorpionesLatreille 1817
-Chelonethi
-IochierataHarvey 1992
-PanctenataBalzan 1892
superfamilyCheliferoideaRisso 1826
familyChernetidaeMenge 1855
genusAmerichernesMuchmore 1976
Scientific NameAmerichernes Muchmore, 1976
Name Published InMuchmore, William B. 1976. Pseudoscorpions from Florida and the Caribbean area. 5. Americhernes, a new genus based upon Chelifer oblongus Say (Chernetidae). Florida entomologist 59: 151–163.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Americhernesgenusbelongs to Chernetidaestated with evidenceSchawaller, 1980
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Arachnida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arachnida)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
Taphonomychitin (based on Arachnida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. Schawaller. 1980. Erstnachweis tertiärer Pseudoskorpione (Chernetidae) in Dominikanischem Bernstein (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 57:1-20

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Americhernes bethaniae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes chilensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes eidmanni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes ellipticus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes guarany
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes incertus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes kanaka
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes levipalpus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes longimanus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes mahnerti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes muchmorei
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes neboissi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes oblongus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes orestes
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes paluma
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes perproximus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes puertoricensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes reductus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes samoanus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Americhernes suraiurana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1976Americhernes Muchmore
1980Americhernes Schawaller

References

Schawaller W. (1980) Erstnachweis tertiärer Pseudoskorpione (Chernetidae) in Dominikanischem Bernstein (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionidea), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 57, 1-20
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per included species - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Fla Ent. 59 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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