- Lechytia
Taxobox
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo =Pseudoscorpionida
subordo =Mysticeti
superfamilia =Chthonioidea
familia = Lechytiidae
familia_authority = J.C. Chamberlin, 1929
genus = "Lechytia"
genus_authority = Balzan, 1892
diversity_link = Lechytia
diversity = 22 species
type_species = "Roncus chthoniiformis"
type_species_authority = Balzan, 1887
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "see text"Lechytiidae is a family of
pseudoscorpion s within the superfamilyChthonioidea . The single genus "Lechytia" contains 22 described species from many parts of the world. [Biology Catalog]pecies
* "
Lechytia anatolica " Beier, 1965 —Turkey
* "Lechytia arborea " Muchmore, 1975 —Florida ,Texas
* "Lechytia asiatica " Redikorzev, 1938 —Vietnam
* "Lechytia cavicola " Muchmore, 1973 —Mexico
* "Lechytia chilensis " Beier, 1964 —Chile
* "Lechytia chthoniiformis " (Balzan, 1887) —South America
* "Lechytia delamarei " Vitali-di Castro, 1984 —Guadeloupe
* "Lechytia dentata " Mahnert, 1978 —Republic of Congo
* "Lechytia garambica " Beier, 1972 —Democratic Republic of Congo
* "Lechytia himalayana " Beier, 1974 —Nepal
* "Lechytia hoffi " Muchmore, 1975 — westernUSA
* "Lechytia indica " Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 —India
* "Lechytia kuscheli " Beier, 1957 —Juan Fernandez Islands
* "Lechytia leleupi " Beier, 1959 — Democratic Republic of Congo
* "Lechytia madrasica " Sivaraman, 1980 — India
* "Lechytia martiniquensis " Vitali-di Castro, 1984 —Martinique
* "Lechytia maxima " Beier, 1955 — Kenya, Tanzania
* "Lechytia natalensis " (Tullgren, 1907) —southern Africa
* "Lechytia sakagamii " Morikawa, 1952 —Caroline Islands
* "Lechytia serrulata " Beier, 1955 — Democratic Republic of Congo
* "Lechytia sini " Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
* † "Lechytia tertiaria " Schawaller, 1980 —fossil :Dominican amber
* "Lechytia trinitatis " Beier, 1970Footnotes
References
* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Lechytiidae.htm Lechytiidae]
Further reading
* (1975): The Genus "Lechytia" in the United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). "The Southwestern Naturalist" 20(1): 13-27. doi|doi:10.2307/3670008
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