Chthonius (pseudoscorpion)

Chthonius; Temporal range: 47.8–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Chthonius sp., from W Serbia, 2016
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Pseudoscorpiones
Superfamily:	Chthonioidea
Family:	Chthoniidae
Genus:	Chthonius; C. L. Koch, 1843
Subgenera
	Chthonius (Chthonius); Chthonius (Ephippiochthonius); Chthonius (Globochthonius); Chthonius (Hesperochthonius); Chthonius (Microchthonius);

There are more than 200 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.

Chthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions.

Chthonius minotaurus is from Crete.

References

External links

Data related to Chthonius at Wikispecies
Media related to Chthonius at Wikimedia Commons
"Chthonius" at the Encyclopedia of Life
Chthonius at fossilworks.org
Chthonius at insectoid.info

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