# Lechytia

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{{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](/source/Joseph_Conrad_Chamberlin), 1929
| taxon = Lechytia
| authority = Balzan, 1892
| display_parents = 2
| diversity_link = 
| diversity = 22 species
| type_species = ''[Roncus chthoniiformis](/source/Lechytia_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](/source/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](/source/Lechytia_anatolica)'' <small>[Beier](/source/Max_Beier), 1965</small> — Turkey
* ''[Lechytia arborea](/source/Lechytia_arborea)'' <small>Muchmore, 1975</small> — [Florida](/source/Florida), [Texas](/source/Texas)
* ''[Lechytia asiatica](/source/Lechytia_asiatica)'' <small>Redikorzev, 1938</small> — [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)
* ''[Lechytia cavicola](/source/Lechytia_cavicola)'' <small>Muchmore, 1973</small> — [Mexico](/source/Mexico)
* ''[Lechytia chilensis](/source/Lechytia_chilensis)'' <small>Beier, 1964</small> — [Chile](/source/Chile)
* ''[Lechytia chthoniiformis](/source/Lechytia_chthoniiformis)'' <small>(Balzan, 1887)</small> — South America
* ''[Lechytia delamarei](/source/Lechytia_delamarei)'' <small>Vitali-di Castro, 1984</small> — [Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe)
* ''[Lechytia dentata](/source/Lechytia_dentata)'' <small>[Mahnert](/source/Volker_Mahnert), 1978</small> — [Republic of Congo](/source/Republic_of_Congo)
* † ''[Lechytia finniae](/source/Lechytia_finniae)'' <small>Hagen et al., 2025</small> — [fossil](/source/fossil): [Kachin amber](/source/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](/source/Lechytia_garambica)'' <small>Beier, 1972</small> — [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo)
* ''[Lechytia himalayana](/source/Lechytia_himalayana)'' <small>Beier, 1974</small> — [Nepal](/source/Nepal)
* ''[Lechytia hoffi](/source/Lechytia_hoffi)'' <small>Muchmore, 1975</small> — western USA
* ''[Lechytia indica](/source/Lechytia_indica)'' <small>Murthy & Ananthakrishnan, 1977</small> — India
* ''[Lechytia kuscheli](/source/Lechytia_kuscheli)'' <small>Beier, 1957</small> — [Juan Fernández Islands](/source/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Islands)
* ''[Lechytia leleupi](/source/Lechytia_leleupi)'' <small>Beier, 1959</small> — Democratic Republic of Congo
* ''[Lechytia madrasica](/source/Lechytia_madrasica)'' <small>Sivaraman, 1980</small> — India
* ''[Lechytia martiniquensis](/source/Lechytia_martiniquensis)'' <small>Vitali-di Castro, 1984</small> — [Martinique](/source/Martinique)
* ''[Lechytia maxima](/source/Lechytia_maxima)'' <small>Beier, 1955</small> — Kenya, Tanzania
* ''[Lechytia natalensis](/source/Lechytia_natalensis)'' <small>(Tullgren, 1907)</small> — [southern Africa](/source/southern_Africa)
* ''[Lechytia sakagamii](/source/Lechytia_sakagamii)'' <small>Morikawa, 1952</small> — [Caroline Islands](/source/Caroline_Islands)
* ''[Lechytia serrulata](/source/Lechytia_serrulata)'' <small>Beier, 1955</small> — Democratic Republic of Congo
* ''[Lechytia sini](/source/Lechytia_sini)'' <small>Muchmore, 1975</small> — Florida, Texas
* † ''[Lechytia tertiaria](/source/Lechytia_tertiaria)'' <small>Schawaller, 1980</small> — fossil: [Dominican amber](/source/Dominican_amber)
* ''[Lechytia trinitatis](/source/Lechytia_trinitatis)'' <small>Beier, 1970</small>

==Footnotes==
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==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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