Lechytia

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Lechytia
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Lechytia novaezealandiae female.jpg
Lechytia novaezealandiae
Scientific classification e
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
Species

See text

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, 1975Florida, Texas
  • Redikorzev, 1938Vietnam
  • Muchmore, 1973Mexico
  • Beier, 1964Chile
  • (Balzan, 1887) — South America
  • Vitali-di Castro, 1984Guadeloupe
  • , 1978Republic of Congo
  • Beier, 1972Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Beier, 1974Nepal
  • Muchmore, 1975 — western USA
  • Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 — India
  • Beier, 1957Juan Fernández Islands
  • Beier, 1959 — Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Sivaraman, 1980 — India
  • Vitali-di Castro, 1984Martinique
  • Beier, 1955 — Kenya, Tanzania
  • (Tullgren, 1907)southern Africa
  • Morikawa, 1952Caroline Islands
  • Beier, 1955 — Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
  • Schawaller, 1980fossil: Dominican amber
  • Beier, 1970

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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