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Chthonius (arachnid)

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Chthonius
Temporal range: 47.8–0 Ma
Chthonius sp., from W Serbia, 2016
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Chthoniidae
Genus: Chthonius
C. L. Koch, 1843
Species

121, see text

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

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

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

References

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  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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