Family of pseudoscorpions
Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea . The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Fossil species are known from Baltic , Dominican , and Burmese amber .[ 1] Tridenchthoniidae, and Lechytiidae which has been demoted to subfamilies.[ 2]
Genera
For a list of all currently described species see List of Chthoniidae species .
Aphrastochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1962 — Mexico , southern US, Guatemala , Cuba Apochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — North America Austrochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — South America , Australia , New Zealand Caribchthonius Muchmore, 1976 — Caribbean Chiliochthonius Vitali-di Castri, 1975 — Chile Chthonius C. L. Koch, 1843 — Europe to Iran , North Africa , Balearic Islands , USA; one cosmopolitan speciesCongochthonius Beier, 1959 — Zaire Drepanochthonius Beier, 1964 — ChileEphippiochthonius Beier, 1930 Francochthonius Vitali-di Castri, 1975 — ChileKleptochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1949 — USALagynochthonius Beier, 1951 — Australasia , AfricaMalcolmochthonius Benedict, 1978 — USAMaorichthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1925 — New ZealandMexichthonius Muchmore, 1975 — Mexico, Texas Mundochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Eurasia , Dominican Republic , North AmericaNeochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — California , Romania (?)Paraliochthonius Beier, 1956 — Europe, Africa, Australia, Florida , several islandsPseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 — South, Central America , AfricaSathrochthoniella Beier, 1967 — New ZealandSathrochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1962 — Australia to New Caledonia , South AmericaSpelyngochthonius Beier, 1955 — Sardinia , Spain , France Stygiochthonius Carabajal Marquez, Garcia Carrillo & Rodriguez Fernandez, 2001 — SpainTroglochthonius Beier, 1939 — Italy , Yugoslavia Tyrannochthoniella Beier, 1966 — New ZealandTyrannochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Brazil to southern USA, Australasia, Africa, Hawaii Vulcanochthonius Muchmore, 2000 — Hawai'i†Weygoldtiella Harvey et al. , 2018 — Burmese amber , Myanmar Cenomanian
†Prionochthonius —
Tridenchthoniinae
Anaulacodithella —† Chelignathus
Compsaditha —Cryptoditha —Ditha Dithella —Haploditha —Heterolophus —Neoditha Pycnodithella Sororoditha Tridenchthonius Typhloditha Verrucaditha Verrucadithella
Lechytiinae
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