{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cenomanian|present}} | image = Lechytia novaezealandiae female.jpg | image_caption = ''Lechytia novaezealandiae'' | parent_authority = J.C. Chamberlin, 1929 | taxon = Lechytia | authority = Balzan, 1892 | display_parents = 2 | diversity_link = | diversity = 22 species | type_species = ''Roncus chthoniiformis'' | type_species_authority = Balzan, 1887 | range_map = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Lechytia''''' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily '''Lechytiinae''' within the family Chthoniidae.<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 |bibcode=2019MolPE.13906509B |s2cid=167218890 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.<ref>Biology Catalog</ref>
==Species== * ''Lechytia anatolica'' <small>Beier, 1965</small> — Turkey * ''Lechytia arborea'' <small>Muchmore, 1975</small> — Florida, Texas * ''Lechytia asiatica'' <small>Redikorzev, 1938</small> — Vietnam * ''Lechytia cavicola'' <small>Muchmore, 1973</small> — Mexico * ''Lechytia chilensis'' <small>Beier, 1964</small> — Chile * ''Lechytia chthoniiformis'' <small>(Balzan, 1887)</small> — South America * ''Lechytia delamarei'' <small>Vitali-di Castro, 1984</small> — Guadeloupe * ''Lechytia dentata'' <small>Mahnert, 1978</small> — Republic of Congo * † ''Lechytia finniae'' <small>Hagen et al., 2025</small> — fossil: Kachin amber<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hagen |first1=M. |last2=Kotthoff |first2=U. |last3=Harms |first3=D. |last4=Loria |first4=S. F. |title=New species of ''Lechytia'' Balzan, 1892 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Burmese amber highlights 99 million years of morphological stasis |year=2025 |journal=Cretaceous Research |at=106120 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106120 }}</ref> * ''Lechytia garambica'' <small>Beier, 1972</small> — Democratic Republic of Congo * ''Lechytia himalayana'' <small>Beier, 1974</small> — Nepal * ''Lechytia hoffi'' <small>Muchmore, 1975</small> — western USA * ''Lechytia indica'' <small>Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977</small> — India * ''Lechytia kuscheli'' <small>Beier, 1957</small> — Juan Fernández Islands * ''Lechytia leleupi'' <small>Beier, 1959</small> — Democratic Republic of Congo * ''Lechytia madrasica'' <small>Sivaraman, 1980</small> — India * ''Lechytia martiniquensis'' <small>Vitali-di Castro, 1984</small> — Martinique * ''Lechytia maxima'' <small>Beier, 1955</small> — Kenya, Tanzania * ''Lechytia natalensis'' <small>(Tullgren, 1907)</small> — southern Africa * ''Lechytia sakagamii'' <small>Morikawa, 1952</small> — Caroline Islands * ''Lechytia serrulata'' <small>Beier, 1955</small> — Democratic Republic of Congo * ''Lechytia sini'' <small>Muchmore, 1975</small> — Florida, Texas * † ''Lechytia tertiaria'' <small>Schawaller, 1980</small> — fossil: Dominican amber * ''Lechytia trinitatis'' <small>Beier, 1970</small>
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==References== * Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Lechytiidae.htm Lechytiidae]
==Further reading== * {{aut|Muchmore, William B.}} (1975): The Genus ''Lechytia'' in the United States (Pseudoscorpionida, Chthoniidae). ''The Southwestern Naturalist'' '''20'''(1): 13-27. {{doi|10.2307/3670008}}
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Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Chthoniidae
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