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.[1] Chthoniidae now includes the former families Tridenchthoniidae, and Lechytiidae which has been demoted to subfamilies.[2]

Chthoniidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Chthonius sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Superfamily: Chthonioidea
Family: Chthoniidae
Daday, 1888
Genera

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Diversity
c. 30 genera, > 600 species
Synonyms

Chthonidae

Genera

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

Tridenchthoniinae

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Lechytiinae

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References

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  1. ^ Biology Catalog
  2. ^ Benavides, Ligia R.; Cosgrove, Julia G.; Harvey, Mark S.; Giribet, Gonzalo (October 2019). "Phylogenomic interrogation resolves the backbone of the Pseudoscorpiones tree of life". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 106509. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.023. PMID 31132522. S2CID 167218890.