Bochicidae is a family of pseudoscorpions distributed throughout the Americas from Texas and Mexico to South America, from the Antilles to Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, as well as in Europe (Iberian Peninsula). Members of the family can be diagnosed mainly by features of the claws, notably the presence of exactly 12 trichobothria on each claw (members of other similar families possess many more) and a long, as opposed to short, venom duct. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling.
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Bochicidae is a family of pseudoscorpions distributed throughout the Americas from Texas and Mexico to South America, from the Antilles to Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, as well as in Europe (Iberian Peninsula). Members of the family can be diagnosed mainly by features of the claws, notably the presence of exactly 12 trichobothria on each claw (members of other similar families possess many more) and a long, as opposed to short, venom duct. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling.
==Genera== , the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following twelve genera: Antillobisium Dumitresco & Orghidan, 1977 Apohya Muchmore, 1973 Bochica Chamberlin, 1930 Leucohya Chamberlin, 1946 Mexobisium Muchmore, 1972 Paravachonium Beier, 1956 Spelaeobochica Mahnert, 2001 Titanobochica Zaragoza & Reboleira, 2010 Troglobisium Beier, 1939 Troglobochica Muchmore, 1984 Troglohya Beier, 1956 Vachonium Chamberlin, 1947
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