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Lechytia

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Lechytia
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Lechytia novaezealandiae
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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

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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

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Footnotes

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  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". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 106509. Bibcode:2019MolPE.13906509B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.023. PMID 31132522. S2CID 167218890.
  2. ^ Biology Catalog

References

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Further reading

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  • Muchmore, William B. (1975): The Genus Lechytia in the United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 20(1): 13-27. doi:10.2307/3670008