| Lechytia Temporal range:
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| Lechytia novaezealandiae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Chthoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Lechytiinae J.C. Chamberlin, 1929 |
| Genus: | Lechytia Balzan, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Roncus chthoniiformis Balzan, 1887
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 22 species | |
Lechytia is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the subfamily Lechytiinae within the family Chthoniidae.[1] It is the sole genus in its subfamily and contains 22 described species from many parts of the world.[2]
- ^ Benavides, Ligia R.; Cosgrove, Julia G.; Harvey, Mark S.; Giribet, Gonzalo (October 2019). "Phylogenomic interrogation resolves the backbone of the Pseudoscorpiones tree of life". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 106509. Bibcode:2019MolPE.13906509B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.023. PMID 31132522. S2CID 167218890.
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