Genus: Lechytia Balzan, 1892 | Family: Chthoniidae Daday, 1889 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

† Lechytia finniae Hagen, Kotthoff, Harms & Loria, 2025

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Lechytia

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:c5db2e0c-c37d-49b2-8cdb-ff1c8a8037d0

Taxonomic references

Lechytia finniae Hagen, Kotthoff, Harms & Loria:

Hagen, Kotthoff, Harms and Loria, 2025: 4–7, figs 1–6 original description

Distribution
Distribution table
Myanmar (Cretaceous Amber)
Type locality: Hukawng Valley, Kachin, Myanmar (amber fossil, Lower Cretaceous: Albian).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Hukawng Valley 26.33333 96.6
Type repository
  • Holotype Geological-Paleontological Museum Hamburg (GPIH) Holotype female (GPIH 07213 [PCPM BUB 811])
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:44C9038E-AA33-4B2D-8208-F9B9C4C705D5

References

Hagen, M., Kotthoff, U., Harms, D. & Loria, S. F. (2025). New species of Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Burmese amber highlights 99 million years of morphological stasis. Cretaceous Research 172(106120): 1–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106120 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-06-22 New taxonomic reference entry Hagen, Kotthoff, Harms and Loria, 2025
2026-06-22 New species inserted