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

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, 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

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. * '' Aphrastochthonius'' J. C. Chamberlin, 1962 — Mexico, southern US,

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, Cuba * '' Apochthonius'' J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 —

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* '' Austrochthonius'' J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — South America,

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, New Zealand * '' Caribchthonius'' Muchmore, 1976 —

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* '' Chiliochthonius'' Vitali-di Castri, 1975 — Chile * ''

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'' C. L. Koch, 1843 — Europe to Iran, North Africa,

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, USA; one

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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 * '' Sathrochthoniella'' Beier, 1967 — New Zealand * '' Sathrochthonius'' J. C. Chamberlin, 1962 — Australia to

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, South America * '' 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 * †'' Weygoldtiella'' Harvey ''et al.'', 2018 — Burmese amber, Myanmar

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*†'' Prionochthonius —'' Burmese amber, Myanmar Cenomanian

Tridenchthoniinae

* '' Anaulacodithella —'' Southern Africa, Australia, New Caledonia * † '' Chelignathus'' * '' Compsaditha —'' Africa, South America, South and Southeast Asia, Seychelles * '' Cryptoditha —'' South America * '' Ditha'' — Africa, Southeast Asia, Oceania * '' Dithella —'' Southeast Asia * '' Haploditha —'' South America * '' Heterolophus —'' Australia, South America * '' Neoditha'' — South America * '' Pycnodithella'' — Africa, Australia * '' Sororoditha'' — South America * '' Tridenchthonius'' — Africa, South and Central America * '' Typhloditha'' — Africa * '' Verrucaditha'' — North America * '' Verrucadithella'' — Africa, South America

Lechytiinae

* '' Lechytia'' Balzan, 1892 Worldwide

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
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