Biology:Chthonius (pseudoscorpion)

Short description: Genus of pseudoscorpions

Chthonius Temporal range: 47.8–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chthonius sp., from W Serbia, 2016
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Pseudoscorpiones
Superfamily:	Chthonioidea
Family:	Chthoniidae
Genus:	Chthonius C. L. Koch, 1843
Subgenera
Chthonius (Chthonius) Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius) Chthonius (Globochthonius) Chthonius (Hesperochthonius) Chthonius (Microchthonius)

Chthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions.

There are more than 200 species which are distributed from Europe to Iran, North Africa, Balearic Islands and the USA. There is one cosmopolitan species. There are also fossil species from the Eocene of Poland and the Russian Federation.

Chthonius minotaurus is from Crete.

External links

• Chthonius at fossilworks.org
• Chthonius at insectoid.info

Wikidata ☰ Q10452370 entry