Chitrella

Chitrella is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family of Syarinidae.

Chitrella
Chitrella cavicola (the same as obisium cavicola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Pseudoscorpiones
Family:	Syarinidae
Genus:	Chitrella Beier, 1932

Distribution

The species in this genus are endemic to the United States.

List of species

According to Pseudoscorpions of the World 1.2:^[1]

• Chitrella archeri Malcolm & Chamberlin, 1960
• Chitrella cala (Chamberlin, 1930)
• Chitrella cavicola (Packard, 1884)
• Chitrella elliotti Muchmore, 1992
• Chitrella major Muchmore, 1992
• Chitrella muesebecki Malcolm & Chamberlin, 1960
• Chitrella regina Malcolm & Chamberlin, 1960
• Chitrella superba Muchmore, 1973
• Chitrella transversa (Banks, 1909)
• Chitrella welbourni Muchmore, 1992

Original publication

• (in German) Beier, 1932 : Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord. Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Tierreich, vol. 57, p. 1-258.
• (in English) Chamberlin, 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, ser. 10, n. 5, p. 1-48 & 585-620.