Lechytia

Lechytia
Temporal range: Cenomanian–present
Lechytia novaezealandiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Chthoniidae
Subfamily: Lechytiinae
J.C. Chamberlin, 1929
Genus: Lechytia
Balzan, 1892
Type species
Roncus chthoniiformis
Balzan, 1887
Species

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Diversity
22 species

Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Lechytiinae within the family Chthoniidae. It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.

Species

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Benavides, Ligia R.; Cosgrove, Julia G.; Harvey, Mark S.; Giribet, Gonzalo (October 2019). "Phylogenomic interrogation resolves the backbone of the Pseudoscorpiones tree of life". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 106509. Bibcode:2019MolPE.13906509B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.023. PMID 31132522. S2CID 167218890.
  2. ↑ Biology Catalog
  3. ↑ Hagen, M.; Kotthoff, U.; Harms, D.; Loria, S. F. (2025). "New species of Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Burmese amber highlights 99 million years of morphological stasis". Cretaceous Research. 106120. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106120.

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