Lechytia Balzan, 1892

Christophoryova, Jana & Krajcovicova, Katarina, 2020, The first species of the pseudoscorpion genus Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from New Zealand, ZooKeys 1000, pp. 19-29 : 19

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1000.56313

publication LSID

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scientific name

Lechytia Balzan, 1892
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Genus Lechytia Balzan, 1892

Type species.

Roncus chthoniiformis Balzan, 1887, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

For the members of Lechytiinae , the most peculiar diagnostic feature is the arrangement of the trichobothria eb and esb on the chelal hand dorsum (in all other chthoniids, these trichobothria are situated at the base of the fixed chelal finger) ( Harvey 2006).