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The family Chernetidae can be considered cosmopolitan, represented by 701 valid species, the most diverse of the order, commonly occurring under the bark of trees, in litter, in caves, and in a variety of other habitats. Although they constitute a quarter of the generic diversity, chernetids occupy a wide variety of terrestrial habitats including litter, soil, humus, caves, and under the bark of trees and trunks. Some species have close associations with other animals, such as commensals in the burrows and fur of mammals, in the nests and feathers of birds, or in arthropods.
Americhernes incertus Mahnert, 1979, male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Epactiochernes insularum Muchmore 1974, male. Scale= 1 mm.
Lustrochernes sp. male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Americhernes bethaniae Mahnert, 1979, male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Gomphochernes volkeri Bedoya-Roqueme, 2019, male. Scale = 1 mm.
Parachernes adelaidae Bedoya-Roqueme, 2019, male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Americhernes reductus Muchmore, 1976, female. Scale line= 1 mm.
Sphenochernes attazi Bedoya-Roqueme, 2019, male. Scale = 1 mm.
Parachernes adelaidae Bedoya-Roqueme, 2019, female. Scale line= 1 mm.
Antillochernes bullerenguesis Bedoya-Roqueme & Quirós-Rodríguez, 2018, female. Scale=1mm.
Sphenochernes attazi Bedoya-Roqueme, 2019, female. Scale=1mm.
Parachernes monteriacittatus Bedoya-Roqueme, 2019, male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Parachernes monteriacittatus Bedoya-Roqueme, 2019, female. Scale line= 1 mm.
Parachernes melanopygus Beier, 1959, male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Parachernes (Parachernes) setosus Beier, 1948, male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Tenebriochernes pilosus Bedoya-Roqueme & Torres, 2019, female and male. Scale line= 1 mm.
Tenebriochernes mohani Bedoya-Roqueme & Torres, 2019, female and male. Scale line= 1 mm.
In Colombia, the family Chernetidae is represented by 27 species, in the department of Córdoba 8 genera and 13 species have been recorded.
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