Biology:Menthidae

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Short description: Family of pseudoscorpions

Menthidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Menthidae
Chamberlin, 1930

Menthidae is a family of pseudoscorpions, first described by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin in 1930.[1]

Genera

(As of October 2023), the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepted the following five genera:[2]

  • Menthus Chamberlin, 1930
  • Oligomenthus Beier, 1962
  • Paramenthus Beier, 1963
  • Pseudomenthus Mahnert, 2007
  • Thenmus Harvey, 1990

References

  1. Chamberlin, J.C. (1930). "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)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (10): 1–48, 585–620. 
  2. "Menthidae Chamberlin, 1930". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/genera/41. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3306083 entry