Biology:Lechytia

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Short description: Genus of pseudoscorpions

Lechytia
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Lechytia novaezealandiae female.jpg
Lechytia novaezealandiae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

See text

Diversity
22 species

Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Lechytiinae within the family Chthoniidae.[1] It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.[2]

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, 1964Chile
  • 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, 1980fossil: Dominican amber
  • Lechytia trinitatis Beier, 1970

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" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: 106509. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.023. PMID 31132522. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790319302696. 
  2. Biology Catalog

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q675481 entry