Chthoniidae

Chthoniidae
Chthonius sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Pseudoscorpiones
Superfamily:	Chthonioidea
Family:	Chthoniidae Daday, 1888
Genera
see text
Diversity
c. 30 genera, > 600 species

Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Three fossil species are known from Baltic and Dominican amber.

Genera

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

• Afrochthonius Beier, 1930 — Africa, Sri Lanka
• Allochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Japan, Korea
• Aphrastochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1962 — Mexico, southern US, Guatemala, Cuba
• Apochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — North America
• Austrochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — South America, Australia, New Zealand
• Caribchthonius Muchmore, 1976 — Caribbean
• Centrochthonius Beier, 1931 — Russia, China, Tibet, India, Nepal
• Chiliochthonius Vitali-di Castri, 1975 — Chile
• Chthonius C. L. Koch, 1843 — Europe to Iran, North Africa, Balearic Islands, USA; one cosmopolitan species
• Congochthonius Beier, 1959 — Zaire
• Drepanochthonius Beier, 1964 — Chile
• Francochthonius Vitali-di Castri, 1975 — Chile
• Kleptochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1949 — USA
• Lagynochthonius Beier, 1951 — Australasia, Africa
• Malcolmochthonius Benedict, 1978 — USA
• Maorichthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1925 — New Zealand
• Mexichthonius Muchmore, 1975 — Mexico, Texas
• Mundochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Eurasia, Dominican Republic, North America
• Neochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — California, Romania (?)
• Paraliochthonius Beier, 1956 — Europe, Africa, Florida, several islands
• Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 — South, Central America, Africa
• Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier, 1930 — Australia, Japan, Korea, USA, Chile
• Sathrochthoniella Beier, 1967 — New Zealand
• Sathrochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1962 — Australia to New Caledonia, South America
• Selachochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — southern Africa
• Spelyngochthonius Beier, 1955 — Sardinia, Spain, France
• Stygiochthonius Carabajal Marquez, Garcia Carrillo & Rodriguez Fernandez, 2001 — Spain
• Troglochthonius Beier, 1939 — Italy, Yugoslavia
• Tyrannochthoniella Beier, 1966 — New Zealand
• Tyrannochthonius J. C. Chamberlin, 1929 — Brazil to southern USA, Australasia, Africa, Hawaii
• Vulcanochthonius Muchmore, 2000 — Hawai'i

References

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Chthoniidae