ChthonioideaThe Chthonioidea are a superfamily of pseudoscorpions, representing the earliest diverging and most primitive living pseudoscorpions. The superfamily contains two families.Pseudotyrannochthoniidae — worldwide Chthoniidae — worldwide Some authors consider the genus Lechytia to be in its own family Lechytiidae, rather than to reside in Chthoniidae.