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.

Genera

For a list of all currently described species see List of Chthoniidae species.

• Aphrastochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1962</small> — Mexico, southern US, Guatemala, Cuba
• Apochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1929</small> — North America
• Austrochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1929</small> — South America, Australia, New Zealand
• Caribchthonius <small>Muchmore, 1976</small> — Caribbean
• Chiliochthonius <small>Vitali-di Castri, 1975</small> — Chile
• Chthonius <small>C. L. Koch, 1843</small> — Europe to Iran, North Africa, Balearic Islands, USA; one cosmopolitan species
• Congochthonius <small>Beier, 1959</small> — Zaire
• Drepanochthonius <small>Beier, 1964</small> — Chile
• Ephippiochthonius <small>Beier, 1930</small>
• Francochthonius <small>Vitali-di Castri, 1975</small> — Chile
• Kleptochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1949</small> — USA
• Lagynochthonius <small>Beier, 1951</small> — Australasia, Africa
• Malcolmochthonius <small>Benedict, 1978</small> — USA
• Maorichthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1925</small> — New Zealand
• Mexichthonius <small>Muchmore, 1975</small> — Mexico, Texas
• Mundochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1929</small> — Eurasia, Dominican Republic, North America
• Neochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1929</small> — California, Romania (?)
• Paraliochthonius <small>Beier, 1956</small> — Europe, Africa, Australia, Florida, several islands
• Pseudochthonius <small>Balzan, 1892</small> — South, Central America, Africa
• Sathrochthoniella <small>Beier, 1967</small> — New Zealand
• Sathrochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1962</small> — Australia to New Caledonia, South America
• Spelyngochthonius <small>Beier, 1955</small> — Sardinia, Spain, France
• Stygiochthonius <small>Carabajal Marquez, Garcia Carrillo & Rodriguez Fernandez, 2001</small> — Spain
• Troglochthonius <small>Beier, 1939</small> — Italy, Yugoslavia
• Tyrannochthoniella <small>Beier, 1966</small> — New Zealand
• Tyrannochthonius <small>J. C. Chamberlin, 1929</small> — Brazil to southern USA, Australasia, Africa, Hawaii
• Vulcanochthonius <small>Muchmore, 2000</small> — Hawai'i
• †Weygoldtiella <small>Harvey et al., 2018</small> — Burmese amber, Myanmar Cenomanian
• †Prionochthonius — Burmese amber, Myanmar Cenomanian

Tridenchthoniinae

• Anaulacodithella — Southern Africa, Australia, New Caledonia
• † Chelignathus
• Compsaditha — Africa, South America, South and Southeast Asia, Seychelles
• Cryptoditha — South America
• Ditha — Africa, Southeast Asia, Oceania
• Dithella — Southeast Asia
• Haploditha — South America
• Heterolophus — Australia, South America
• Neoditha — South America
• Pycnodithella — Africa, Australia
• Sororoditha — South America
• Tridenchthonius — Africa, South and Central America
• Typhloditha — Africa
• Verrucaditha — North America
• Verrucadithella — Africa, South America

Lechytiinae

• Lechytia <small>Balzan, 1892</small> Worldwide

References

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Chthoniidae