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.
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Pseudotyrannochthoniidae — worldwide (c. 5 genera, 50 species)
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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 Catalog]
Lechytiidae
Footnotes
Arachnid superfamilies
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