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. Chthoniidae now includes the former families Tridenchthoniidae, and Lechytiidae which has been demoted to subfamilies.
| Chthoniidae Temporal range: | |
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| Chthonius sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Superfamily: | Chthonioidea |
| Family: | Chthoniidae Daday, 1888 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| c. 30 genera, > 600 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chthonidae | |
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