Lechytia
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Lechytiidae is a family of pseudoscorpion
Pseudoscorpion
A pseudoscorpion, , is an arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpionida, also known as Pseudoscorpiones or Chelonethida....

s within the superfamily Chthonioidea
Chthonioidea
The Chthonioidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families:*Tridenchthoniidae — worldwide *Chthoniidae — worldwide...

. The single genus Lechytia contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.

Species

  • Lechytia anatolica Beier
    Max Beier
    Max Beier was an Austrian arachnologist and entomologist. He was a specialist in pseudoscorpions.-References:...

    , 1965
    — Turkey
  • Lechytia arborea Muchmore, 1975Florida
    Florida
    Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

    , Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  • Lechytia asiatica Redikorzev, 1938Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

  • Lechytia cavicola Muchmore, 1973Mexico
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

  • Lechytia chilensis Beier, 1964Chile
    Chile
    Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

  • Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan, 1887) — South America
  • Lechytia delamarei Vitali-di Castro, 1984Guadeloupe
    Guadeloupe
    Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

  • Lechytia dentata Mahnert, 1978 — Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia garambica Beier, 1972 — Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia himalayana Beier, 1974Nepal
    Nepal
    Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

  • Lechytia hoffi Muchmore, 1975 — western USA
  • Lechytia indica Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977 — India
  • Lechytia kuscheli Beier, 1957Juan Fernández Islands
    Juan Fernández Islands
    The Juan Fernández Islands are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island, the first...

  • Lechytia leleupi Beier, 1959 — Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia madrasica Sivaraman, 1980 — India
  • Lechytia martiniquensis Vitali-di Castro, 1984Martinique
    Martinique
    Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

  • Lechytia maxima Beier, 1955 — Kenya, Tanzania
  • Lechytia natalensis (Tullgren, 1907)southern Africa
    Southern Africa
    Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...

  • Lechytia sakagamii Morikawa, 1952Caroline Islands
    Caroline Islands
    The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end...

  • Lechytia serrulata Beier, 1955 — Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lechytia sini Muchmore, 1975 — Florida, Texas
  • Lechytia tertiaria Schawaller, 1980fossil
    Fossil
    Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...

    : Dominican amber
    Dominican amber
    Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic. Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber and probably of most amber found in the tropics....

  • Lechytia trinitatis Beier, 1970

Further reading

(1975): The Genus Lechytia in the United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 20(1): 13-27.
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