Austrochthonius Chamberlin, 1929

Genus

Distribution Count
1
Argentina 5
Australia 5
Bolivia 1
Brazil 4
Chile 5
New Zealand 5
Paraguay 1
French Southern Territories 1
South Africa 1

Pseudoscorpiones de Geer 1778

Order

Epiocheirata Harvey 1992

Suborder

Chthonioidea Daday 1888

Superfamily

Paraliochthonius darwini from Australia (Image: M. Harvey)

Chthoniidae Daday, 1888

Family

Chthoniini Daday 1888

Tribe

Type species

of Austrochthonius: Chthonius chilensis Chamberlin, 1923b, by original designation.
of Paraustrochthonius: Paraustrochthonius tullgreni Beier, 1931b, by original designation.
of Cecoditha: Cecoditha parva Mello-Leitão, 1939a, by original designation.

References

Austrochthonius Chamberlin, 1929a: 68; Beier, 1932a: 38; Beier, 1976f: 203; Harvey, 1991a: 139; Harvey, 1991e: 487-488; Harvey, 1996a: 256; Judson, 2001b: 141-142.

Paraustrochthonius Beier, 1931b: 52; Beier, 1932a: 40 (synonymised by Beier, 1976f: 203).

Cecoditha Mello-Leitão, 1939a: 115-116; Chamberlin and R.V. Chamberlin, 1945: 65-66; Harvey, 1991a: 218 (synonymised by Judson, 2001b: 142).

Species