Chthoniidae

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Chthonioidea Higher classification Pseudoscorpion Order Pseudoscorpion		Subphylum Chelicerata Phylum Arthropoda Rank Family

Lower classifications Chthonius, Tyrannochthonius

Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Three fossil species are known from Baltic and Dominican amber.

Genera

For a list of all currently described species see List of Chthoniidae species.

Afrochthonius Beier, 1930 — Africa, Sri Lanka

Allochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Japan, Korea

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

Centrochthonius Beier, 1931 — Russia, China, Tibet, India, Nepal

Chiliochthonius Vitali-di Castri, 1975 — Chile

Chthonius C. L. Koch, 1843 — Europe to Iran, North Africa, Balearic Islands, USA; one cosmopolitan species

Congochthonius Beier, 1959 — Zaire

Drepanochthonius Beier, 1964 — Chile

Francochthonius Vitali-di Castri, 1975 — Chile

Kleptochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1949 — USA

Lagynochthonius Beier, 1951 — Australasia, Africa

Malcolmochthonius Benedict, 1978 — USA

Maorichthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1925 — New Zealand

Mexichthonius Muchmore, 1975 — Mexico, Texas

Mundochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Eurasia, Dominican Republic, North America

Neochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — California, Romania (?)

Paraliochthonius Beier, 1956 — Europe, Africa, Florida, several islands

Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 — South, Central America, Africa

Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier, 1930 — Australia, Japan, Korea, USA, Chile

Sathrochthoniella Beier, 1967 — New Zealand

Sathrochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1962 — Australia to New Caledonia, South America

Selachochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — southern Africa

Spelyngochthonius Beier, 1955 — Sardinia, Spain, France

Stygiochthonius Carabajal Marquez, Garcia Carrillo & Rodriguez Fernandez, 2001 — Spain

Troglochthonius Beier, 1939 — Italy, Yugoslavia

Tyrannochthoniella Beier, 1966 — New Zealand

Tyrannochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Brazil to southern USA, Australasia, Africa, Hawaii

Vulcanochthonius Muchmore, 2000 — Hawai'i

References

Chthoniidae Wikipedia

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