Lechytia

Lechytia Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Pseudoscorpionida
Superfamily:	Chthonioidea
Family:	Lechytiidae J.C. Chamberlin, 1929
Genus:	Lechytia Balzan, 1892
Type species
Roncus chthoniiformis Balzan, 1887
Species
see text
Diversity
22 species

Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Lechytiidae within the superfamily Chthonioidea. It is the sole genus in its family and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.

Species

• Lechytia anatolica Beier, 1965 — Turkey
• Lechytia arborea Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
• Lechytia asiatica Redikorzev, 1938 — Vietnam
• Lechytia cavicola Muchmore, 1973 — Mexico
• Lechytia chilensis Beier, 1964 — Chile
• Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan, 1887) — South America
• Lechytia delamarei Vitali-di Castro, 1984 — Guadeloupe
• Lechytia dentata Mahnert, 1978 — Republic of Congo
• Lechytia garambica Beier, 1972 — Democratic Republic of Congo
• Lechytia himalayana Beier, 1974 — Nepal
• Lechytia hoffi Muchmore, 1975 — western USA
• Lechytia indica Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 — India
• Lechytia kuscheli Beier, 1957 — Juan Fernández Islands
• Lechytia leleupi Beier, 1959 — Democratic Republic of Congo
• Lechytia madrasica Sivaraman, 1980 — India
• Lechytia martiniquensis Vitali-di Castro, 1984 — Martinique
• Lechytia maxima Beier, 1955 — Kenya, Tanzania
• Lechytia natalensis (Tullgren, 1907) — southern Africa
• Lechytia sakagamii Morikawa, 1952 — Caroline Islands
• Lechytia serrulata Beier, 1955 — Democratic Republic of Congo
• Lechytia sini Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
• † Lechytia tertiaria Schawaller, 1980 — fossil: Dominican amber
• Lechytia trinitatis Beier, 1970

References

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Lechytiidae

Further reading

• Muchmore, William B. (1975): The Genus Lechytia in the United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 20(1): 13-27. doi:10.2307/3670008