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Chthoniidae
Sign in to saveChthoniidae 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. Chthoniidae now includes the former families Tridenchthoniidae, and Lechytiidae which has been demoted to subfamilies.
Species
käkklokrypare
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderPseudoscorpiones
- FamilyChthoniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 395
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Chthoniidae
- Collections
- MCZ, VPI
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Guyana, United States, Colombia, South Africa, Gabon, Mozambique
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chthonioidea
- Image
- Chthonius Serbia 01.jpg
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- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Chthoniidae
- Commons category
- Chthoniidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Chthoniidae
- taxon common name
- kjevemosskorpioner
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Genera
- Tridenchthoniinae
- Lechytiinae
- References
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. Chthoniidae now includes the former families Tridenchthoniidae, and Lechytiidae which has been demoted to subfamilies.
==Genera==
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