| Lechytia Temporal range: | |
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| Lechytia novaezealandiae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
See text | |
| 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]
