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Heterosphyronida

Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones

Taxonomy
Heterosphyronida was named by Chamberlin (1929). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pseudoscorpiones by Benavides et al. (2019).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Heterosphyronida Chamberlin
2019Heterosphyronida Benavides et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
HaplocnemataBorner 1904
orderPseudoscorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHeterosphyronidaChamberlin 1929
suborderHeterosphyronidaChamberlin 1929

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subor. Heterosphyronida Chamberlin 1929
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Superfm. Chthonioidea Daday 1889
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Fm. Chthoniidae Daday 1889
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Subfm. Chthoniinae Daday 1889
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G. †Prionochthonius Wriedt et al. 2021
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Prionochthonius burmiticus Wriedt et al. 2021
Tr. Tyrannochthoniini Chamberlin 1962
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G. †Burmeochthonius Johnson et al. 2022
G. Paraliochthonius Beier 1956
G. Tyrannochthonius Chamberlin 1929
G. †Weygoldtiella Harvey et al. 2018
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Weygoldtiella plausus Harvey et al. 2018
G. Chthonius Koch 1843
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Subg. Chthonius (Chthonius) Koch 1843
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Subfm. Lechytiinae Chamberlin 1929
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G. Lechytia Balzan 1891
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Lechytia tertiaria Schawaller 1980
G. Pseudochthonius Balzan 1892
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Pseudochthonius squamosus Schawaller 1980
Subfm. Tridenchthoniinae Balzan 1892
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G. †Chelignathus Menge 1854
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Chelignathus kochii Menge 1854
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G. Allochthonius Chamberlin 1929
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Allochthonius balticus Schwarze et al. 2022
G. Centrochthonius Beier 1931
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Centrochthonius bitterfeldicus Schwarze et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Burmeochthonius kachinae (229493) Prionochthonius burmiticus, Burmeochthonius sp., Burmeochthonius muelleri (172900) Weygoldtiella plausus (165561)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Allochthonius balticus (110735) Chelignathus kochi (123771) Chthonius pristinus (120814)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Chelignathus kochii, Chthonius mengei (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Centrochthonius bitterfeldicus (129228)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Paraliochthonius miomaya (125758) Tyrannochthonius sp. (123456)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Lechytia tertiaria, Pseudochthonius squamosus (122474)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Chthoniidae indet., Lechytia sp. (138761)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Tyrannochthonius sp. (147603)