A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Megachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with a threatened Sri Lankan rainforest rodent, with a review of host associations of Megachernes

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 46, Issue 41-42, 2012, Pages 2519-2535

  Harvey, Mark S ^a,b,c,d   Ratnaweera, Pamoda B ^e,f   Udagama, Preethi V ^e   Wijesinghe, Mayuri R ^e  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^f UVA WELLASSA UNIVERSITY   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

morphology; Mus mayori pococki; rainforest; taxonomy; threatened species

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CAVE SYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GUANO; HABITAT TYPE; HOST SPECIFICITY; MORPHOLOGY; NEST; NEW SPECIES; PELAGE; RAINFOREST; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

SRI LANKA;

CHERNETIDAE; CHIRIDIOCHERNES; MAMMALIA; MEGACHERNES; MUS MAYORI; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871024512     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.707251     Document Type: Article

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