Pseudoscorpions of the World

Last updated: 19 January 2009

Version 1.2, 2009

Family LECHYTIIDAE Chamberlin

Lechytiini Chamberlin, 1929a: 76 (as Lechytini [sic]); Chamberlin, 1931a: 212 (as Lechytini [sic]); Beier, 1932a: 73; Roewer, 1937: 241-242; Hoff, 1956a: 11; Hoff, 1963c: 25; Muchmore, 1975b: 13-14.

Lechytiinae Chamberlin: Morikawa, 1960: 111; Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 20-21.

Lechytiidae Chamberlin: Harvey, 1992c: 1402.

Genus Lechytia Balzan

Lechytia Balzan, 1892: 499; Chamberlin, 1925b: 337; Chamberlin, 1929a: 77; Beier, 1932a: 73; Morikawa, 1960: 111; Muchmore, 1973b: 50; Muchmore, 1975b: 14-15; Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 21; Harvey, 1991a: 186.

 

Type species: Roncus chthoniiformis Balzan, 1887a, by original designation.

Distribution: AFRICA: widespread.

ASIA: south-east Asia; India; Nepal; Pacific Islands.

NORTH AMERICA: Mexico; U.S.A.

SOUTH AMERICA: widespread.

Lechytia anatolica Beier

Lechytia anatolica Beier, 1965f: 84-85, fig. 3; Beier, 1967f: 303; Beier, 1970f: 319, fig. 1; Harvey, 1991a: 186.

 

Type locality: Namrun, Toros Dağlari (as Taurus), İçel, Turkey.

Distribution: Turkey.

Lechytia arborea Muchmore

Lechytia arborea Muchmore, 1975b: 19-21, figs 11-13; Rowland and Reddell, 1976: 14; Harvey, 1991a: 186.

 

Type locality: Myakka State Park, Sarosota County, Florida, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Florida, Texas).

Lechytia asiatica Redikorzev

Lechytia asiatica Redikorzev, 1938: 74-76, fig. 3; Roewer, 1940: 343; Beier, 1951a: 63; Harvey, 1991a: 186; Jędryczkowski, 1998: 184.

 

Type locality: Da Lat (as Dalat), Lâm Dong, Vietnam.

Distribution: Vietnam.

Lechytia cavicola Muchmore

Lechytia cavicola Muchmore, 1973b: 50-51, figs 6-14; Palacios-Vargas, Vasquez and Morales-Malacara, 1985: 139; Harvey, 1991a: 186.

 

Type locality: Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, 17 km NE. of Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico.

Lechytia chilensis Beier

Lechytia chilensis Beier, 1964b: 319, fig. 5; Cekalovic, 1984: 11; Harvey, 1991a: 186.

 

Type locality: Los Maitenes, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.

Distribution: Chile.

Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan)

Roncus chthoniiformis Balzan, 1887a: no pagination, figs; Balzan, 1890: 445-446, figs 24, 24a; Cekalovic, 1984: 14.

Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan): Balzan, 1892: 499, 549; Chamberlin, 1929a: 77; Beier, 1932a: 74, fig. 89; Roewer, 1936: fig. 112b; Roewer, 1937: 242; Mello-Leitão, 1939a: 117; Mello-Leitão, 1939b: 615; Hoff, 1950b: 228-229; Beier, 1959e: 186; Hoff, 1963c: 26-27; Beier, 1964b: 318; Beier, 1977c: 100; Harvey, 1991a: 186; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1992a: 344; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1992b: 426-429, figs 1-6; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1992d: 94; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1994: 74; Baert, Maelfait and Desender, 1995: 18; Morais, Adis, Mahnert and Berti-Filho, 1997: 481; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1998a: 382; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1998b: 453; Poinar, Ćurčić and Cokendolpher, 1998: 85; Mahnert, 2001: 98; Mahnert and Adis, 2002: 379.

 

Type locality: Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina; and Rio Apa, Paraguay.

Distribution: Argentina; Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Roraima); Chile; Ecuador (Galapagos Islands); Jamaica; Paraguay; Peru.

Lechytia delamarei Vitali-di Castri

Lechytia delamarei Vitali-di Castri, 1984: 1071-1073, figs 32-37; Harvey, 1991a: 186.

 

Type locality: Trace des Contrebandiers, Guadeloupe.

Distribution: Guadeloupe.

Lechytia dentata Mahnert

Lechytia dentata Mahnert, 1978f: 88, figs 43-47; Harvey, 1991a: 186.

 

Type locality: Loudima, Bouenza, Congo.

Distribution: Congo.

Lechytia garambica Beier

Lechytia garambica Beier, 1972a: 6-7, fig. 3; Harvey, 1991a: 187.

 

Type locality: Parc National de la Garamba, Haut-Zaire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Lechytia himalayana Beier

Lechytia himalayana Beier, 1974b: 262-263, fig. 1; Schawaller, 1987c: 203-204, figs 1-5; Harvey, 1991a: 187; Schawaller, 1991b: 775, fig. 1; Beron, 2002: 33, 40.

 

Type locality: Dhorpatan, Western, Nepal.

Distribution: Nepal.

Lechytia hoffi Muchmore

Lechytia pacifica (Banks): Chamberlin, 1925b: 337 (misidentification); Chamberlin, 1929a: 77, figs 1g, 3c, 3f (misidentification); Chamberlin, 1931a: 69, figs 13d, 15c, 17c, 25d, 28c, 34i-j, 43e-f, 47c (misidentification); Beier, 1932a: 73-74 (misidentification); Roewer, 1937: 242 (misidentification); Hoff, 1952a: 43-45 (misidentification); Hoff and Clawson, 1952: 2 (misidentification); Beck, Barnum and Moore, 1953: 46 (misidentification); Hoff, 1956a: 11-12 (misidentification); Hoff, 1958: 7 (misidentification); Hoff, 1959b: 4, etc. (misidentification); Hoff, 1961: 425-427 (misidentification); Hoff, 1963a: 2 (misidentification); Muchmore, 1971a: 90 (misidentification); D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086 (misidentification).

Lechytia hoffi Muchmore, 1975b: 21-25, figs 14-17; Muchmore, 1990a: fig. 18.12; Harvey, 1991a: 187; Francke and Villegas-Guzmán, 2006: 295.

 

Type locality: North Cheyenne Canyon, about 5 miles SW. of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington).

Lechytia indica Murthy and Ananthakrishnan

Lechytia indica Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 21-23, figs 6a-d; Sivaraman and Murthy, 1980a: 163-166, figs 1c, 4; Harvey, 1991a: 187.

 

Type locality: Chennai (as Madras), Tamil Nadu, India.

Distribution: India.

Lechytia kuscheli Beier

Lechytia kuscheli Beier, 1957c: 453-454, fig. 1; Cekalovic, 1984: 11; Harvey, 1991a: 187.

 

Type locality: Guindal de la Pólvora, Masatierra, Juan Fernandez Islands, Valparaíso, Chile.

Distribution: Chile (Juan Fernandez Islands).

Lechytia leleupi Beier

Lechytia leleupi Beier, 1959d: 21-22, fig. 9; Mahnert, 1986a: 824, figs 1-2; Judson, 1990c: 196; Harvey, 1991a: 187.

 

Type locality: Kundelungu, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Distribution: Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire); Kenya.

Lechytia libita Harvey

Lechytia libita Harvey, 2006a: 14-17, figs 1-14.

 

Type locality: Windsor Tableland, Queensland, Australia.

Distribution: Australia (Queensland).

Lechytia madrasica Sivaraman

Lechytia madrasica Sivaraman, 1980d: 239-241, figs 3-4; Sivaraman, 1981c: 22; Harvey, 1991a: 187.

 

Type locality: Nungambakkam, Chennai (as Madras), Tamil Nadu, India.

Distribution: India.

Lechytia martiniquensis Vitali-di Castri

Lechytia martiniquensis Vitali-di Castri, 1984: 1068-1071, figs 26-31; Harvey, 1991a: 187.

 

Type locality: Agsalon, Martinique.

Distribution: Martinique.

Lechytia maxima Beier

Lechytia maxima Beier, 1955c: 531-532, fig. 3; Beier, 1962f: 14; Mahnert, 1986a: 825, figs 3-7; Harvey, 1991a: 188; Harvey, 1992c: figs 34-37; Beron, 2000: 162; Beron, 2002: 33.

 

Type locality: Mt Elgon, Western, Kenya.

Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania.

Lechytia natalensis (Tullgren)

Chthonius natalensis Tullgren, 1907b: 231-232, figs 9a-b; Ellingsen, 1912b: 89.

Lechytia natalensis (Tullgren): Beier, 1932a: 74, fig. 90; Roewer, 1937: 242, fig. 207; Beier, 1958a: 162; Beier, 1966k: 456; Harvey, 1991a: 188.

 

Type locality: Stamford Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Distribution: South Africa.

Lechytia sakagamii Morikawa

Lechytia sakagamii Morikawa, 1952a: 244, figs 3, 5b; Beier, 1957d: 13, fig. 3c; Morikawa, 1960: 111, plate 2 fig. 1, plate 7 fig. 10; Morikawa, 1962: 418; Samuelson and Nishida, 1987: 169; Harvey, 1991a: 188; Sato, 1994b: 79; Muchmore, 2000a: 156-159, figs 5a-c.

 

Type locality: Minami-tori-shima (as Marcus Island), Japan.

Distribution: Federated States of Micronesia; Japan (including Marcus Island); Marshall Islands; U.S.A. (Hawaii).

Lechytia serrulata Beier

Lechytia serrulata Beier, 1955a: 7-8, fig. 3; Harvey, 1991a: 188.

 

Type locality: Mukana, Parc National de l'Upemba, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).

Lechytia sini Muchmore

Lechytia sini Muchmore, 1975b: 15-19, figs 1-10; Rowland and Reddell, 1976: 14; Harvey, 1991a: 188.

 

Type locality: Watson Hammock, Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida, U.S.A.

Distribution: U.S.A. (Florida, Texas).

† Lechytia tertiaria Schawaller

Lechytia tertiaria Schawaller, 1980c: 9-12, figs 10-19; Harvey, 1991a: 188.

 

Type locality: Dominican Republic (Miocene Amber).

Distribution: Dominican Republic (Miocene Amber).

Lechytia trinitatis Beier

Lechytia trinitatis Beier, 1970d: 51-52, fig. 1; Beier, 1976d: 46; Harvey, 1991a: 188; Muchmore, 1993a: 87; Judson, 1997a: 44.

 

Type locality: Tamana Cave, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.

Distribution: Dominican Republic; Trinidad and Tobago.

CATALOGUE

 

Family Lechytiidae Chamberlin 1929