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Chthoniidae

Chthoniidae
Chthonius Serbia 01.jpg
Chthonius sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Superfamily: Chthonioidea
Family: Chthoniidae
Daday, 1888
Genera

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Diversity
c. 30 genera, > 600 species

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Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Three fossil species are known from Baltic and Dominican amber.

For a list of all currently described species see List of Chthoniidae species.


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