Atemnidae

Atemnidae Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.