Atemnidae

Atemnidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Pseudoscorpionida
Superfamily:
Cheliferoidea
Family:
Atemnidae

Kishida, 1929
Chamberlin, 1931
Subfamilies
  • Atemninae
  • Miratemninae

Atemnidae is a family of pseudoscorpions.

Subfamilies and Genera

The family contains the following genera, divided into two subfamilies:

  • Subfamily Atemninae
    • Anatemnus Beier, 1932
    • Atemnus Canestrini, 1884
    • Athleticatemnus Beier, 1979
    • Catatemnus Beier, 1932
    • Cyclatemnus Beier, 1932
    • Mesatemnus Beier and Turk, 1952
    • Metatemnus Beier, 1932
    • Micratemnus Beier, 1932
    • Oratemnus Beier, 1932
    • Paratemnoides Harvey, 1991
    • †Progonatemnus Beier, 1955
    • Stenatemnus Beier, 1932
    • Synatemnus Beier, 1944
    • Tamenus Beier, 1932
    • Titanatemnus Beier, 1932
    • Trinidadatemnus Tooren, 2008[1]
  • Subfamily Miratemninae Beier, 1932[2] (sometimes considered a separate family, Miratemnidae)
    • Brazilatemnus Muchmore, 1975[3]
    • Caecatemnus Mahnert, 1985
    • Diplotemnus J. C. Chamberlin, 1933[2]
    • Miratemnus Beier, 1932[2]
    • Nilotemnus Klausen, 2009[4]
    • Tullgrenius J. C. Chamberlin, 1933[2]

References
  1. Harvey, M.S (2011). "Pseudoscorpions of the World – Trinidadatemnus Tooren, 2008". Western Australian Museum.
  2. Chamberlin, Joseph Conrad (1933). "Some False Scorpions of the Atemnid Subfamily Miratemninae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 26 (2): 262–269. doi:10.1093/aesa/26.2.262.
  3. Muchmore, William B. (1975). "Two Miratemnid Pseudoscorpions from the Western Hemisphere (Pseudoscorpionida, Miratemnidae)". The Southwestern Naturalist. 20 (2): 231–239. doi:10.2307/3670441. JSTOR 3670441.
  4. Klausen, Finn Erik (2009). "A new genus of pseudoscorpion from East Africa (Pseudoscorpiones, Atemnidae)" (PDF). Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 14 (8): 334–338.


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