Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
The Crozet Islands are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
Crozet is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
The Chthonioidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpions, representing the earliest diverging and most primitive living pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families.
The Menthidae are a small family of pseudoscorpions that are nevertheless spread around the world. While Menthus is found from Mexico to California, Oligomenthus lives in South America. The monotypic genera Paramenthus and Thenmus live in Israel and Australia, respectively.
Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Lechytiinae within the family Chthoniidae. It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.
Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Fossil species are known from Baltic, Dominican, and Burmese amber. Chthoniidae now includes the former families Tridenchthoniidae, and Lechytiidae which has been demoted to subfamilies.
Vif is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
A. major may refer to:
P. silvestrii may refer to:
Anisoditha is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Chthoniidae. There is at least one described species in Anisoditha, A. curvidigitata.
Chthonius minotaurus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chthoniidae family that is endemic to Crete.
Pseudotyrannochthonius silvestrii is a species of Chilean pseudoscorpions of the family Chthoniidae. It was described in 1905 by Edvard Ellingsen, with a type locality of Santiago, Chile.
Tyrannochthonius rex is a species of pseudoscorpion in the family Chthoniidae.
Chthonius tetrachelatus is a species of pseudoscorpions in the family Chthoniidae.
Ayyalonia dimentmani is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chthoniidae family that is endemic to Israel.
Neochthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions belonging to the family Chthoniidae.
Austrochthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Chthoniidae. It was described in 1929 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.
Austrochthonius australis is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Chthoniidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1951 by American arachnologist Clayton Hoff.