Chthonioidea

The Chthonioidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families:[1]

Chthonioidea
Pseudoscorpion Chthonius from W Serbia.
Scientific classification
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Chthonioidea
Families

Some authors consider the genus Lechytia to be in its own family Lechytiidae, rather than to reside in Chthoniidae.[2] The fossil species Dracochela deprehendor from the Devonian is grouped in the family Dracochelidae.[3]

Footnotes

  1. Chthonioidea
  2. Biology Catalog: Lechytiidae Archived 2014-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Biology Catalog: Dracochelidae Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine


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