Lechytia

Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Lechytiidae within the superfamily Chthonioidea. It is the sole genus in its family and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.^[1]

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

Footnotes

References

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Lechytiidae

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