Austrochernes dewae is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chernetidae family.

The colour of the pedipalps and carapace is deep reddish-brown, the abdomen and legs light yellowish-brown.

[1][3] The species has been recorded from various sites across Australia from the nests of hollow-nesting birds.

The type locality is Brewarrina in northern New South Wales, where the holotype was found in a galah’s nest.

The species has also been recorded from the nests of a sulphur-crested cockatoo in Far North Queensland, and in the nests of Carnaby's black cockatoos and a rufous treecreeper in south-west Western Australia.