Chthonius C.L. Koch, 1843

Genus

Distribution Count
5
Andorra 2
Albania 3
Armenia 2
Argentina 1
Austria 17
Australia 1
Azerbaijan 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16
Belgium 5
Bulgaria 9
Canada 1
Switzerland 9
Cuba 1
Cyprus 1
Czech Republic 11
Germany 15
Denmark 3
Algeria 6
Estonia 1
Egypt 1
Spain 44
Finland 1
France 30
United Kingdom 7
Georgia 5
Greece 36
Croatia 32
Hungary 9
Ireland 5
Israel 4
Iran 5
Italy 76
Lebanon 2
Luxembourg 5
Morocco 7
Moldova 1
Montenegro 12
Macedonia 18
Malta 7
Netherlands 6
Norway 3
Poland 5
Portugal 10
Romania 20
Serbia 17
Seychelles 1
Sweden 3
Saint Helena 2
Slovenia 10
Slovakia 16
Syria 1
Tajikistan 1
Turkmenistan 2
Tunisia 2
Turkey 10
Ukraine 3
United States 10
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 Chthonius: Obisium orthodactylum Leach, 1817, by subsequent designation of Simon, 1879a: 69.

of Kewochthonius: Chthonius halberti Kew, 1916b, by original designation.

References

Chthonius C.L. Koch, 1843: 76; Menge, 1855: 22-23; Stecker, 1874b: 237; Simon, 1879a: 69; Tömösváry, 188b: 237; Canestrini, 1884: no. 6; Hansen, 1884: 553; Balzan, 1887a: no pagination; Daday, 1888: 133-134; Balzan, 1890: 446-447; Balzan, 1892: 545-546; O.P.-Cambridge, 1892: 208; Becker, 1896: 334-335; Tullgren, 1899a: 181; Planet, 1905: 287; Kew, 1911a: 56; Lessert, 1911: 37; Chamberlin, 1925b: 334; Pratt, 1927: 410; Schenkel, 1928: 70; Chamberlin, 1929a: 69; Beier, 1932a: 43; Chamberlin, 1935b: 479; Beier, 1939f: 160; Hoff, 1949b: 432; Petrunkevitch, 1955: 80; Meinertz, 1962: 41; Beier, 1963b: 19-20; Legg, 1987: 179; Legg and Jones, 1988: 59; Harvey, 1991a: 143.

Kewochthonius Chamberlin, 1929a: 65; Hoff, 1951: 3-4; Legg and Jones, 1988: 56 (synonymised by Judson, 1988: 131).

Species