# Menthidae

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{{Short description|Family of pseudoscorpions}}
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'''Menthidae''' is a family of [pseudoscorpions](/source/Pseudoscorpion), first described by [Joseph Conrad Chamberlin](/source/Joseph_Conrad_Chamberlin) in 1930.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chamberlin |first=J.C. |date=1930 |title=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) |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |volume=5 |issue=10 |pages=1–48, 585–620|doi=10.1080/00222933008673104 }}</ref>

==Genera==
{{as of|2023|10}}, the ''World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog'' accepted the following five genera:<ref name="NMBE">{{cite web |date=2023 |title=Menthidae Chamberlin, 1930 |url=https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/genera/41 |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern}}</ref>

* ''[Menthus](/source/Menthus)'' <small>Chamberlin, 1930</small>
* ''[Oligomenthus](/source/Oligomenthus)'' <small>Beier, 1962</small>
* ''[Paramenthus](/source/Paramenthus)'' <small>Beier, 1963</small>
* ''[Pseudomenthus](/source/Pseudomenthus)'' <small>Mahnert, 2007</small>
* ''[Thenmus](/source/Thenmus)'' <small>Harvey, 1990</small>

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Category:Menthidae
Category:Pseudoscorpion families
Category:Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin

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