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Chthonioidea
The Chthonioidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida. Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans sin ...s, representing the earliest diverging and most primitive living pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families. * Pseudotyrannochthoniidae — worldwide (c. 5 genera, 50 species) * Chthoniidae — worldwide ( 40 + genera, 600+ species) Some authors consider the genus '' Lechytia'' to be in its own family Lechytiidae, rather than to reside in Chthoniidae.Biology CatalogLechytiidae Footnotes Arachnid superfamilies {{pseudoscorpion-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudoscorpion
Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida. Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans since they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies. They are tiny, and are rarely noticed due to their small size, despite being common in many environments. When people do see pseudoscorpions, especially indoors, they are often mistaken for ticks or small spiders. Pseudoscorpions often carry out phoresis, a form of commensalism in which one organism uses another for the purpose of transport. Characteristics Pseudoscorpions belong to the class Arachnida. They are small arachnids with a flat, pear-shaped body, and pincer-like pedipalps that resemble those of scorpions. They usually range from in length.Pennsylvania State University, DepartmentEntomological Notes: Pseudoscorpion Fact Sheet/r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chthonioidea
The Chthonioidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida. Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans sin ...s, representing the earliest diverging and most primitive living pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families. * Pseudotyrannochthoniidae — worldwide (c. 5 genera, 50 species) * Chthoniidae — worldwide ( 40 + genera, 600+ species) Some authors consider the genus '' Lechytia'' to be in its own family Lechytiidae, rather than to reside in Chthoniidae.Biology CatalogLechytiidae Footnotes Arachnid superfamilies {{pseudoscorpion-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudotyrannochthoniidae
Pseudotyrannochthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions, belonging to the superfamily Chthonioidea. It represents the most basal and primitive group of living pseudoscorpions, containing 50 species in 5 genera. Living members of the group have a strongly disjunct distribution, likely reflecting ancient vicariance, occurring in Australia, Asia, Southern Africa and Madagascar, Western North America and southern South America. Fossils species are known from the Eocene Baltic and Bitterfeld amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ..., which represent members of extant Asian genera. Taxonomy * '' Afrochthonius'' Beier, 1930 South Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka * '' Allochthonius'' Chamberlin, 1929 eastern Asia (Fossil species known from Baltic amber) * '' Centrochthon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chthoniidae
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.Biology Catalog Chthoniidae now includes the former families Tridenchthoniidae, and Lechytiidae which has been demoted to subfamilies. 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 species * '' Congochthonius'' Beier, 1959 — Zaire * '' Drepanochthonius'' Beier, 1964 — Chile * '' Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechytia
''Lechytia'' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Lechytiinae within the family Chthoniidae. It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.Biology Catalog Species * '' Lechytia anatolica'' Beier, 1965 — Turkey * '' Lechytia arborea'' Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas * '' Lechytia asiatica'' Redikorzev, 1938 — Vietnam * '' Lechytia cavicola'' Muchmore, 1973 — Mexico * '' Lechytia chilensis'' Beier, 1964 — Chile * '' Lechytia chthoniiformis'' (Balzan, 1887) — South America * '' Lechytia delamarei'' Vitali-di Castro, 1984 — Guadeloupe * '' Lechytia dentata'' Mahnert, 1978 — Republic of Congo * '' Lechytia garambica'' Beier, 1972 — Democratic Republic of Congo * '' Lechytia himalayana'' Beier, 1974 — Nepal * '' Lechytia hoffi'' Muchmore, 1975 — western USA * '' Lechytia indica'' Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 — India * '' Lechytia kuscheli'' Beier, 1957 — Juan Fernández Islands * '' Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
