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Chthonius (arachnid)

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Chthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843.[1]

There are more than 100 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.

Species

As of July 2022, the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following 121 species:[2]

References

  1. ^ Koch, Carl Ludwig (1843). Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur Abgebildet und Beschrieben. Vol. 10. Nürnberg: C.H. Zeh'schen.
  2. ^ "Genus: Chthonius C.L. Koch, 1843". World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

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Chthonius (arachnid): Brief Summary

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Chthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843.

There are more than 100 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.

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Habitat

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This common British species was found enclosed in a silken cell on the undersurface of a rock on mud flats at the mouth of Wooten Creek. This locality is covered about seven times a month by high tides.

Reference

Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.

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