Chthonius

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin chthonius (“underworldly”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek χθόνῐος (khthónĭos, “underground, subterranean”). Further from χθών (khthṓn, “the ground, soil”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn and Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“ground”). Coined by German entomologist and arachnologist Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843. === Proper noun === Chthonius m A taxonomic genus within the family Chthoniidae – typical 'primitive' pseudoscorpions. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Chthoniidae – Chthonius (Chthonius). ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === genus Chthonius (arachnid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Chthonius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Chthonius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons subgenus Chthonius (Chthonius) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies