Chthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843.[1]

Chthonius
Temporal range: 47.8–0 Ma
Chthonius sp., from W Serbia, 2016
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Chthonius

Species

121, see text

There are more than 100 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.

Species edit

As of July 2022, the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following 121 species:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Koch, Carl Ludwig (1843). Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur Abgebildet und Beschrieben. Vol. 10. Nürnberg: C.H. Zeh'schen.
  2. ^ "Genus: Chthonius C.L. Koch, 1843". World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

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