Lechytia

Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Lechytiidae within the superfamily Chthonioidea. It is the sole genus in its family and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.[1]

Lechytia
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Scientific classification
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Lechytiidae

Genus:
Lechytia

Balzan, 1892
Type species
Roncus chthoniiformis
Balzan, 1887
Species

see text

Diversity
22 species

Species

  • Lechytia anatolica Beier, 1965 — Turkey
  • Lechytia arborea Muchmore, 1975Florida, Texas
  • Lechytia asiatica Redikorzev, 1938Vietnam
  • Lechytia cavicola Muchmore, 1973Mexico
  • Lechytia chilensis Beier, 1964Chile
  • Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan, 1887) — South America
  • Lechytia delamarei Vitali-di Castro, 1984Guadeloupe
  • Lechytia dentata Mahnert, 1978Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia garambica Beier, 1972Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia himalayana Beier, 1974Nepal
  • Lechytia hoffi Muchmore, 1975 — western USA
  • Lechytia indica Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 — India
  • Lechytia kuscheli Beier, 1957Juan Fernández Islands
  • Lechytia leleupi Beier, 1959 — Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia madrasica Sivaraman, 1980 — India
  • Lechytia martiniquensis Vitali-di Castro, 1984Martinique
  • Lechytia maxima Beier, 1955 — Kenya, Tanzania
  • Lechytia natalensis (Tullgren, 1907)southern Africa
  • Lechytia sakagamii Morikawa, 1952Caroline Islands
  • Lechytia serrulata Beier, 1955 — Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia sini Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
  • Lechytia tertiaria Schawaller, 1980fossil: Dominican amber
  • Lechytia trinitatis Beier, 1970

Footnotes

  1. Biology Catalog

References

Further reading

  • Muchmore, William B. (1975): The Genus Lechytia in the United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 20(1): 13-27. doi:10.2307/3670008


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