Chitrella

{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Obisium_cavicola_Cavefaunaofnorthamerica.jpg | image_alt = The image shows a chitrella cavicola. It has a long body, curled legs and scorpion-like pedipalps. | image_caption = Chitrella cavicola (the same as obisium cavicola) | taxon = Chitrella | authority = Beier, 1932 }}

'''''Chitrella''''' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family of Syarinidae.

== Distribution ==

The species in this genus are endemic to the United States.

== List of species ==

According to Pseudoscorpions of the World 1.2:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wamuseum.com.au/arachnids/pseudoscorpions/ |title=Harvey, 2009 : ''Pseudoscorpions of the World 1.2.'' Western Australian Museum. |access-date=2019-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204220444/http://wamuseum.com.au/arachnids/pseudoscorpions/ |archive-date=2014-02-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Chitrella archeri'' Malcolm & Chamberlin, 1960 * ''Chitrella cala'' (Chamberlin, 1930) * ''Chitrella cavicola'' (Packard, 1884) * ''Chitrella elliotti'' Muchmore, 1992 * ''Chitrella major'' Muchmore, 1992 * ''Chitrella muesebecki'' Malcolm & Chamberlin, 1960 * ''Chitrella regina'' Malcolm & Chamberlin, 1960 * ''Chitrella superba'' Muchmore, 1973 * ''Chitrella transversa'' (Banks, 1909) * ''Chitrella welbourni'' Muchmore, 1992

== Original publication == * {{in lang|de}} Beier, 1932 : ''Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea.'' Tierreich, {{vol.|57}}, {{p.|1-258}}. * {{in lang|en}} Chamberlin, 1930 : ''A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida).'' Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, n. 5, {{p.|1-48 & 585-620}}.

==References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{cite web |url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/Chitrella/match/1 |title= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist. |access-date=2012-09-24 |editor1=Bisby F.A. |editor2=Roskov Y.R. |editor3=Orrell T.M. |editor4=Nicolson D.|editor5=Paglinawan L.E. |editor6=Bailly N. |editor7=Kirk P.M. |editor8=Bourgoin T. |editor9=Baillargeon G. |editor10=Ouvrard D.|year=2011 |publisher=Species 2000 |location=Reading, UK |doi=10.15468/rffz4x }} * {{ITIS|id=199078|''Chitrella'' Beier, 1932}} * {{NCBI taxid|534646|''Chitrella''}} * Reference [https://web.archive.org/web/20141211110012/http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Pseudoscorpionida1.htm Classification by Harvey in Hallan]

Category:Fauna of the United States Category:Syarinidae