Bochicidae

Taxobox
name = Bochicidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Pseudoscorpionida
superfamilia = Neobisioidea
familia = Bochicidae
familia_authority = Chamberlin, 1930
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Antillobisium"
"Apohya"
"Bochica"
"Leucohya"
"Mexobisium"
"Paravachonium"*
"Troglobochica"
"Troglohya"
"Vachonium"*
* Sometimes placed in separate family Vachoniidae, see text

Bochicidae is a family of pseudoscorpions distributed throughout the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico with one species found as far north as Texas. Members of the family can be diagnosed mainly by features of the claws, notably the presence of exactly 12 trichobothria on each claw (members of other similar families possess many more) and a long, as opposed to short, venom duct. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling.

Muchmore (1998) includes the genera "Paravachonium" and "Vachonium" in this family but many authors place these in a separate family, Vachoniidae.

References

*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1362&context=insectamundi |title=Review of the family Bochicidae, with new species and records (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) |journal=Insecta Mundi (University of Nebraska State Museum) |volume=12 |year=1998 |author=William B. Muchmore |pages=117-132