# Chthonioidea

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{{Short description|Superfamily of pseudoscorpions}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Chthonius Serbia 01.jpg
| image_caption = Pseudoscorpion ''Chthonius'' from W Serbia
| taxon = Chthonioidea
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = 
*[Pseudotyrannochthoniidae](/source/Pseudotyrannochthoniidae)
*[Chthoniidae](/source/Chthoniidae)
}}

The '''Chthonioidea''' are a superfamily of [pseudoscorpion](/source/pseudoscorpion)s, representing the earliest diverging and most primitive living pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Benavides|first1=Ligia R.|last2=Cosgrove|first2=Julia G.|last3=Harvey|first3=Mark S.|last4=Giribet|first4=Gonzalo|date=October 2019|title=Phylogenomic interrogation resolves the backbone of the Pseudoscorpiones tree of life|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790319302696|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=139|pages=106509|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.023|pmid=31132522 |s2cid=167218890 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[Pseudotyrannochthoniidae](/source/Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) — worldwide (c. 5 genera, 50 species)
*[Chthoniidae](/source/Chthoniidae)  — worldwide ( 40 + genera, 600+ species)

Some authors consider the genus ''[Lechytia](/source/Lechytia)'' to be in its own family [Lechytiidae](/source/Lechytiidae), rather than to reside in Chthoniidae.<ref>Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Lechytiidae.txt Lechytiidae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730000122/https://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Lechytiidae.txt |date=2014-07-30 }}</ref>

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Category:Chthonioidea
Category:Arachnid superfamilies

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