The first species of the pseudoscorpion genus Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from New Zealand Author Christophoryova, Jana Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina, Ilkovicova 6, SK- 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia christophoryova@gmail.com Author Krajcovicova, Katarina Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina, Ilkovicova 6, SK- 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia text ZooKeys 2020 1000 19 29 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1000.56313 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1000.56313 1313-2970-1000-19 9F5F27EF9D9C46F5AF4D44932BFAE18E 480AB8CE038A56A6898F5121C6D11806 Genus Lechytia Balzan, 1892 Type species. Roncus chthoniiformis Balzan, 1887, by original designation. Diagnosis. For the members of Lechytiinae , the most peculiar diagnostic feature is the arrangement of the trichobothria eb and esb on the chelal hand dorsum (in all other chthoniids, these trichobothria are situated at the base of the fixed chelal finger) ( Harvey 2006 ).