Chthonioidea

Chthonioidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpionida
Superfamily: Chthonioidea
Families

The Chthonioidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families[1]:

Some authors consider the genus Lechytia to be in its own family Lechytiidae, rather than to reside in Chthoniidae.[2] The fossil species Dracochela deprehendor from the Devonian is grouped in the family Dacochelidae.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Chthonioidea
  2. ^ Biology Catalog: Lechytiidae
  3. ^ Biology Catalog: Dracochelidae