Austinochernes andrewaustini is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chernetidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2021 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey. The specific epithet andrewaustini honours Professor Andy Austin.[1]
The body length of the male holotype is 2.87 mm; that of female paratypes 2.66–2.82 mm. The colour of the pedipalps, coxae and carapace is deep red-brown, the legs yellow-brown.
The species occurs in south-eastern Australia. The type locality is the summit of Mount Barker in the Mount Lofty Ranges east of Adelaide, where the holotype was collected from beneath a rock, with ants. The species has also been recorded from Sherbrooke Forest in the Dandenong Ranges, 40 km east of Melbourne.[1]
The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.[1]