Menthidae
The Menthidae are a small family of pseudoscorpions that are nevertheless spread around the world. While Menthus is found from Mexico to California, Oligomenthus lives in South America. The monotypic genera Paramenthus and Thenmus live in Israel and Australia, respectively.
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Species
- Menthus J.C. Chamberlin, 1930
- Menthus californicus J.C. Chamberlin, 1930 — California
- Menthus gracilis (Banks, 1909) — Mexico
- Menthus mexicanus Hoff, 1945 — Mexico
- Menthus rossi (J.C. Chamberlin, 1923) — Mexico
- Oligomenthus Beier, 1962
- Oligomenthus argentinus Beier, 1962 — Argentina
- Oligomenthus chilensis Vitali-di Castro, 1969 — Chile
- Paramenthus Beier, 1963
- Paramenthus shulovi Beier, 1963 — Israel
- Thenmus Harvey, in Harvey & Muchmore 1990
- Thenmus aigialites Harvey, in Harvey & Muchmore 1990 — Queensland
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