''Paraliochthonius'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 ...

in the Chthoniidae

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. It was described in 1956 by Austrian

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Max Beier Max Beier (6 April 1903 in Spittal an der Drau – 4 July 1979 in Vienna) was an Austrian arachnologist and entomologist. He studied zoology at the University of Vienna, and obtained his doctorate there in 1927. He took up a post at the Natural H ...

Species

The genus contains the following species: * '' Paraliochthonius azanius'' Mahnert, 1986 * '' Paraliochthonius barrancoi'' (Carabajal Márquez, García Carrillo & Rodríguez Fernández, 2001) * '' Paraliochthonius canariensis'' Vachon, 1961 * '' Paraliochthonius carpenteri'' Muchmore, 1984 * '' Paraliochthonius cavalensis'' Zaragoza, 2004 * '' Paraliochthonius darwini'' Harvey, 2009 * '' Paraliochthonius galapagensis'' Mahnert, 2014 * '' Paraliochthonius hoestlandti'' Vachon, 1960 * '' Paraliochthonius insulae'' Hoff, 1963 * '' Paraliochthonius johnstoni'' (Chamberlin, 1923) * '' Paraliochthonius litoralis'' Mahnert, 2014 * '' Paraliochthonius martini'' Mahnert, 1989 * '' Paraliochthonius mexicanus'' Muchmore, 1972 * '' Paraliochthonius mirus'' Mahnert, 2002 * '' Paraliochthonius pecki'' Mahnert, 2014 * '' Paraliochthonius puertoricensis'' Muchmore, 1967 * '' Paraliochthonius quirosi'' Bedoya-Roqueme, 2015 * '' Paraliochthonius rupicola'' Mahnert, 2014 * '' Paraliochthonius setiger'' (Mahnert, 1997) * '' Paraliochthonius singularis'' (Menozzi, 1924) * '' Paraliochthonius superstes'' (Mahnert, 1986) * '' Paraliochthonius takashimai'' (Morikawa, 1958) * '' Paraliochthonius tenebrarum'' Mahnert, 1989 * '' Paraliochthonius vachoni'' Harvey, 2009 * '' Paraliochthonius weygoldti'' Muchmore, 1967

Fossil species

* †'' Paraliochthonius miomaya'' Judson, 2016

References

Chthoniidae Pseudoscorpion genera Taxa described in 1956 Taxa named by Max Beier {{pseudoscorpion-stub