Chthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843.

There are more than 100 species which are distributed from Europe to Iran, North Africa, Balearic Islands and the USA. There is one cosmopolitan species. There are also fossil species from the Eocene of Poland and the Russian Federation.

Species , the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following 121 species:

Chthonius absoloni Beier, 1938 — Bosnia, Croatia Chthonius agazzii Beier, 1966 — Italy Chthonius alpicola Beier, 1951 — Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Slovenia Chthonius apollinis Mahnert, 1978 — Greece Chthonius aquasanctae Ćurčić & Rađa, 2011 — Serbia Chthonius azerbaidzhanus Schawaller & Dashdamirov, 1988 — Azerbaijan Chthonius balazuci Vachon, 1963 — France Chthonius bogovinae Ćurčić, 1972 — Serbia Chthonius borissketi Ćurčić, Sarbu, Dimitrijević & Ćurčić, 2014 — Romania Chthonius campaneti Zaragoza & Vadell, 2013 — Spain Chthonius caoduroi Callaini, 1987 — Italy Chthonius caprai Gardini, 1977 — Italy Chthonius carinthiacus Beier, 1951 — Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland Chthonius cavernarum Ellingsen, 1909 — Italy, Romania, Slovenia Chthonius cavophilus Hadži, 1939 — Bulgaria Chthonius cebenicus Leclerc, 1981 — France Chthonius cephalotes (Simon, 1875) — France Chthonius chamberlini (Leclerc, 1983) — Algeria, France Chthonius comottii Inzaghi, 1987 — Italy Chthonius croaticus Ćurčić & Rađa, 2012 — Croatia Chthonius cryptus Chamberlin, 1962 — Greece Chthonius dacnodes Navás, 1918 — Netherlands, Portugal, Spain Chthonius decoui Georgescu & Căpușe, 1994 — Romania Chthonius delmastroi Gardini, 2009 — Italy Chthonius densedentatus Beier, 1938 — Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland Chthonius doderoi Beier, 1930 — France Chthonius elongatus Lazzeroni, 1970 — Italy Chthonius euganeus Gardini, 1991 — Italy Chthonius exarmatus Beier, 1939 — Croatia, Montenegro Chthonius gallettii Gardini, 2021 — Italy Chthonius gentianae Gardini, 2021 — Italy Chthonius gjirokastri Ćurčić, Rađa & Dimitrijević, 2008 — Albania Chthonius globocicae Ćurčić, Dimitrijević & Tomić, 2008 — Montenegro Chthonius graecus Beier, 1963 — Greece Chthonius guglielmii Callaini, 1986 — France, Italy Chthonius halberti Kew, 1916 — France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, UK Chthonius herbarii Mahnert, 1980 — Greece Chthonius herminii Gardini, 2021 — Italy Chthonius heterodactylus (Tömösváry, 1883) — Czechia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine Chthonius heurtaultae (Leclerc, 1981) — France Chthonius horridus Beier, 1934 — Italy Chthonius hungaricus Mahnert, 1981 — Hungary, Romania, Slovakia Chthonius ilvensis Beier, 1963 — France, Italy Chthonius imperator Mahnert, 1978 — Greece Chthonius inguscioi Gardini, 2021 — Italy Chthonius ischnocheles (Hermann, 1804) — Europe, US Chthonius ischnocheloides Beier, 1973 — Italy Chthonius italicus Beier, 1930 — France, Italy Chthonius iugoslavicus Ćurčić, 1972 — Serbia Chthonius jonicus Beier, 1931 — Albania, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey Chthonius jugorum Beier, 1952 — Austria, Italy Chthonius karamanianus Hadži, 1937 — North Macedonia Chthonius kirghisicus Prado, Viana, Milko & Ferreira, 2021 — Kyrgyzstan Chthonius kladanjensis Ćurčić, Dimitrijević & Rađa, 2011 — Bosnia Chthonius kosovensis Ćurčić, 2011 — Serbia Chthonius lagadini Dimitrijević, 2011 — Macedonia Chthonius lanai Gardini, 2021 — Italy Chthonius lanzai Caporiacco, 1947 — Italy Chthonius latidentatus Ćurčić, 1972 — Serbia Chthonius leoi (Callaini, 1988) — Italy Chthonius lesnik Ćurčić, 1994 — Serbia Chthonius lessiniensis Schawaller, 1982 — Italy Chthonius ligusticus Beier, 1930 — Italy, Romania Chthonius lindbergi Beier, 1956 — Greece Chthonius longimanus Ćurčič & Rađa, 2011 — Montenegro Chthonius lucifugus Mahnert, 1977 — France, Spain Chthonius lupinus Ćurčić, Dimitrijević & Rađa, 2011 — Bosnia Chthonius macedonicus Ćurčić, 1972 — North Macedonia Chthonius magnificus Beier, 1938 — Bosnia, Croatia Chthonius makirina Ćurčić & Rađa, 2012 — Croatia Chthonius marciai Gardini, 2021 — Italy Chthonius mauritanicus (Callaini, 1988) — Morocco Chthonius mayi Heurtault-Rossi, 1968 — France Chthonius mazaurici Leclerc, 1981 — France Chthonius medeonis Ćurčić, S.B. Ćurčić, N.B. Ćurčić and Ilić, 2011 — Montenegro Chthonius microphthalmus Simon, 1879 — France, Italy Chthonius minotaurus Henderickx, 1997 — Crete (Greece) Chthonius monicae Boghean, 1989 — Romania Chthonius motasi Dumitresco & Orghidan, 1964 — Romania Chthonius multidentatus Beier, 1963 — Italy Chthonius nicolosii Gardini, 2021 — Italy Chthonius occultus Beier, 1939 — Bosnia, Croatia Chthonius ognjankae Ćurčić, 1997 — North Macedonia Chthonius ohridanus Ćurčić, 1997 — North Macedonia Chthonius onaei Ćurčić, Dimitrijević, Radja, Ćurčić & Milinčić, 2010 — Croatia Chthonius orthodactyloides Beier, 1967 — Turkey Chthonius orthodactylus (Leach, 1817) — Europe, Tunisia Chthonius pacificus Muchmore, 1968 — US Chthonius paganus (Hoff, 1961) — US Chthonius pagus Ćurčić & Rađa, 2012 — Croatia Chthonius paludis (Chamberlin, 1929) — US Chthonius paolettii Beier, 1973 — Italy Chthonius persimilis Beier, 1939 — Serbia Chthonius petrochilosi Heurtault, 1972 — Greece Chthonius ponticoides Mahnert, 1975 — Greece Chthonius ponticus Beier, 1965 — Georgia, Turkey Chthonius porevidi Ćurčić, Makarov & Lučić, 1998 — Montenegro Chthonius pristani Ćurčić, 2011 — Croatia Chthonius protobosniacus Ćurčić, Dimitrijević & Rađa, 2011 — Bosnia Chthonius prove Ćurčić, Dimitrijević & Makarov, 1997 — Montenegro Chthonius pusillus Beier, 1947 — Austria, Hungary, Slovenia Chthonius pygmaeus Beier, 1934 — Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland Chthonius radigost Ćurčić, 1997 — North Macedonia Chthonius radjai Ćurčić, 1988 — Croatia Chthonius raridentatus Hadži, 1930 — Austria, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia Chthonius ressli Beier, 1956 — Austria, Czechia, France, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Slovakia, Switzerland Chthonius rhizon Ćurčić, 2013 — Montenegro Chthonius sestasi Mahnert, 1980 — Greece Chthonius shelkovnikovi Redikorzev, 1930 — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Turkey, Turkmenistan Chthonius shulovi Beier, 1963 — Israel Chthonius stammeri Beier, 1942 — Italy Chthonius stevanovici Ćurčić, 1986 — Serbia Chthonius strinatii Mahnert, 1975 — Greece Chthonius submontanus Beier, 1963 — Austria, Germany, Italy, Romania, Switzerland Chthonius subterraneus Beier, 1931 — Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovakia Chthonius tadzhikistanicus Dashdamirov & Schawaller, 1992 — Tajikistan Chthonius tenuis L. Koch, 1873 — Algeria, Tunisia, Europe Chthonius thessalus Mahnert, 1980 — Greece Chthonius torakensis Ćurčić & Rađa, 2010 — Croatia Chthonius trebinjensis Beier, 1938 — Bosnia, Croatia Chthonius troglobius Hadži, 1937 — North Macedonia Chthonius troglodites Redikorzev, 1928 — Bulgaria Chthonius tzanoudakisi Mahnert, 1975 — Greece Chthonius vodan Ćurčić, 1997 — North Macedonia Chthonius youtabae Zamani, Shoushtari, Kahrarian & Nassirkhani, 2020 — Iran Chthonius zmaj Ćurčić, 1997 — North Macedonia

References

External links

Chthonius at insectoid.info