Pseudotyrannochthoniidae
Sign in to savePseudotyrannochthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions, belonging to the superfamily Chthonioidea. It is one of the most primitive living groups of pseudoscorpions and contains fewer than 100 species in 6 genera. Living members of the group have a strongly disjunct distribution, likely reflecting ancient vicariance, occurring in Australia, Asia, Southern Africa and Madagascar, Western North America and southern South America. Fossils species are known from the Eocene Baltic and Bitterfeld amber, which represent members of extant Asian genera.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderPseudoscorpiones
- FamilyPseudotyrannochthoniidae
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- Pseudotyrannochthoniidae
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- Japan, South Africa, Russian Federation, Korea, Republic Of, Sri Lanka
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- Chthonioidea
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Pseudotyrannochthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions, belonging to the superfamily Chthonioidea. It is one of the most primitive living groups of pseudoscorpions and contains fewer than 100 species in 6 genera. Living members of the group have a strongly disjunct distribution, likely reflecting ancient vicariance, occurring in Australia, Asia, Southern Africa and Madagascar, Western North America and southern South America. Fossils species are known from the Eocene Baltic and Bitterfeld amber, which represent members of extant Asian genera.
== Taxonomy == Afrochthonius Beier, 1930 South Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka Allochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 East Asia (Fossil species known from Baltic amber) Centrochthonius Beier, 1931 Central Asia (Fossil species known from Bitterfeld amber) Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier, 1930 from Chile, Australia, eastern Asia, and the western United States Selachochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 South Africa Spelaeochthonius Morikawa, 1954 East Asia
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