Lechytia
Lechytia Temporal range:
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Lechytia novaezealandiae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Chthoniidae |
Subfamily: | Lechytiinae J.C. Chamberlin, 1929 |
Genus: | Lechytia Balzan, 1892 |
Type species | |
Balzan, 1887
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Species | |
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Diversity | |
22 species |
Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Lechytiinae within the family Chthoniidae.[1] It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.[2]
Species[]
- Beier, 1965 — Turkey
- Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
- Redikorzev, 1938 — Vietnam
- Muchmore, 1973 — Mexico
- Beier, 1964 — Chile
- (Balzan, 1887) — South America
- Vitali-di Castro, 1984 — Guadeloupe
- , 1978 — Republic of Congo
- Beier, 1972 — Democratic Republic of Congo
- Beier, 1974 — Nepal
- Muchmore, 1975 — western USA
- Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 — India
- Beier, 1957 — Juan Fernández Islands
- Beier, 1959 — Democratic Republic of Congo
- Sivaraman, 1980 — India
- Vitali-di Castro, 1984 — Martinique
- Beier, 1955 — Kenya, Tanzania
- (Tullgren, 1907) — southern Africa
- Morikawa, 1952 — Caroline Islands
- Beier, 1955 — Democratic Republic of Congo
- Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
- † Schawaller, 1980 — fossil: Dominican amber
- Beier, 1970
Footnotes[]
- ^ Benavides, Ligia R.; Cosgrove, Julia G.; Harvey, Mark S.; Giribet, Gonzalo (October 2019). "Phylogenomic interrogation resolves the backbone of the Pseudoscorpiones tree of life". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 106509. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.023.
- ^ Biology Catalog
References[]
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Lechytiidae
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
Categories:
- Pseudoscorpion genera
- Chthonioidea
- Pseudoscorpion stubs