''Lechytia'' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Lechytiinae within the family
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.Biology Catalog Chthoniidae now inc ...
. It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.
[Biology Catalog]
Species
* ''
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
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* ''
Lechytia dentata''
Mahnert, 1978 —
Republic of Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
* ''
Lechytia garambica''
Beier, 1972 —
Democratic Republic of Congo
* ''
Lechytia himalayana''
Beier, 1974 —
Nepal
* ''
Lechytia hoffi''
Muchmore, 1975 — western USA
* ''
Lechytia indica''
Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 — India
* ''
Lechytia kuscheli''
Beier, 1957 —
Juan Fernández 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
Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic derived from resin of the extinct tree ''Hymenaea protera''.
Dominican amber differentiates itself from Baltic amber by being nearly always transparent, and it has a higher number of fossil incl ...
* ''
Lechytia trinitatis''
Beier, 1970
Footnotes
References
* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Lechytiidae
Further reading
* (1975): The Genus ''Lechytia'' in the United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). ''The Southwestern Naturalist'' 20(1): 13-27.
Pseudoscorpion genera
Chthonioidea
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