Menthidae is a family of
pseudoscorpions
Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans bec ...
, first described by
Joseph Conrad Chamberlin
Joseph Conrad Chamberlin (December 23, 1898 – July 17, 1962) was an American arachnologist who studied mainly pseudoscorpions. A native of Utah, he studied primarily at Stanford University while working most of his career in Oregon for the U.S. D ...
in 1930.
Genera
, the ''World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog'' accepted the following five genera:
* ''
Menthus''
Chamberlin, 1930
* ''
Oligomenthus''
Beier, 1962
* ''
Paramenthus''
Beier, 1963
* ''
Pseudomenthus''
Mahnert, 2007
* ''
Thenmus''
Harvey, 1990
References
Pseudoscorpion families
Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin
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