Lasiochernes Beier 1932
Creators: name: Hlebec, Dora
name: Harms, Danilo
name: Kučinić, Mladen
name: Harvey, Mark S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Pseudoscorpiones
Chernetidae
Lasiochernes

description: Genus Lasiochernes Beier, 1932
Type species: Chelifer (Trachychernes) pilosus Ellingsen, 1910, by original designation.
Key to the species of the genus Lasiochernes
The key requires no morphometric measurements and is based on males only:
1 Trichobothrium isb situated midway between ist and it, or slightly closer to ist ................................................................................2
Trichobothrium isb much closer to it than to ist; greatly thickened pedipalpal femur which is densely pilose on prolateral face ................................................................................................................................................................... L. jonicus (Beier, 1929) [Greece]
2 Pedipalpal femur and trochanter with numerous short setae on prolateral face.................................................................................. ...................................................................................................................... L. punctiger Beier, 1959 [Democratic Republic of Congo]
Pedipalpal femur and trochanter without numerous short setae on prolateral face .........................................................................3
3 Pedipalpal femur with at least some long setae.........................................................................................................................................4
Pedipalpal femur without long setae........................................................................................................................................................ 12
4 Pedipalpal patella with some longer setae .................................................................................................................................................5
Pedipalpal patella without longer setae on prolateral face................................................................................................................... 11
5 All pedipalpal segments with numerous setae, uniformly arranged........................... L. turcicus Beier, 1949 [Turkey and Israel]
At least one pedipalpal segment without numerous setae .....................................................................................................................6
6 Chelal hand with at least some long setae .................................................................................................................................................7
Chelal hand without long setae ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
7 Chelal hand with numerous long setae ......................................................................................................................................................8
Chelal hand with long setae restricted to base of chelal hand ...............................................................................................................9
8 Pedipalpal segments more densely setose ................................................................................................. L. siculus Beier, 1961 [Italy]
Pedipalpal segments less densely setose............................................................................................... L. villosus Beier, 1957 [Turkey]
9 Chelal hand with long setae restricted to prolateral base of chelal hand.................................. L. anatolicus Beier, 1963 [Turkey]
Chelal hand with long setae restricted to retrolateral base of chelal hand .................... L. graecus Beier, 1963 [Albania, Greece]
10 Chelal hand with moderately dense setation .................................... L. pilosus (Ellingsen, 1910) [Central and Western Europe]
Chelal hand with sparse setation ............................................................. L. congicus Beier, 1959 [Democratic Republic of Congo]
11 Pedipalpal femur with long setae on basal half of prolateral face ................................ L. marinae sp. nov. [Čočina jama, Croatia]
Pedipalpal femur without long setae on basal half of prolateral face.................................................. L. pavlekae sp. nov. [Croatia]
12 Chelal hand with long setae on prolateral face ..................................................................... L. cretonatus Henderickx 1998 [Crete]
Chelal hand without long setae on prolateral face .............................................................. L. jalzici sp. nov. [Vilina špilja, Croatia]
description: Published as part of Hlebec, Dora, Harms, Danilo, Kučinić, Mladen & Harvey, Mark S., 2024, Integrative taxonomy of the pseudoscorpion family Chernetidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferoidea): evidence for new range-restricted species in the Dinaric Karst, pp. 644-669 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 200 (3) on pages 650-651, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad083, http://zenodo.org/record/11240312