Withius
Withius piger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: Withiidae
Genus: Withius
Kew, 1911[1]
Type species
Chelifer subruber
Simon, 1879
Synonyms
  • Allowithius Beier, 1932
  • Xenowithius Beier, 1953

Withius is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Withiidae family. It was described in 1911 by English zoologist Harry Wallis Kew. The generic name Withius honours Danish arachnologist Carl Johannes With (1877–1923).[1][2][3]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Withius abyssinicus (Beier, 1944)
  • Withius angolensis (Beier, 1948)
  • Withius angustatus (Tullgren, 1907)
  • Withius arabicus Mahnert, 1980
  • Withius ascensionis (Beier, 1961)
  • Withius australasiae (Beier, 1932)
    • Withius australasiae australasiae (Beier, 1932)
    • Withius australasiae formosanus (Beier, 1937)
  • Withius brevidigitatus Mahnert, 1988
  • Withius ceylanicus (Ellingsen, 1914)
  • Withius congicus (Beier, 1932)
    • Withius congicus congicus (Beier, 1932)
    • Withius congicus exiguus (Beier, 1955)
  • Withius despaxi Vachon, 1937
  • Withius faunus (Simon, 1879)
  • Withius fuscus Mahnert, 1988
  • Withius glabratus (Ellingsen, 1910)
  • Withius gracilipalpus Mahnert, 1988
  • Withius hispanus (L. Koch, 1873)
  • Withius indicus Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977
  • Withius japonicus Morikawa, 1954
  • Withius kaestneri (Vachon, 1937)
  • Withius lagunae (Moles, 1914)
  • Withius lawrencei (Beier, 1935)
  • Withius laysanensis (Simon, 1899)
  • Withius leggi Nassirkhani, 2022
  • Withius lewisi (Beier, 1946)
  • Withius litoreus (Beier, 1935)
  • Withius madagascarensis (Ellingsen, 1895)
  • Withius nanus Mahnert, 1988
  • Withius neglectus (Simon, 1878)
  • Withius paradoxus (Ellingsen, 1912)
  • Withius pekinensis (Balzan, 1892)
  • Withius piger (Simon, 1878)
  • Withius rebierei Heurtault, 1971
  • Withius simoni (Balzan, 1892)
  • Withius somalicus (Beier, 1932)
  • Withius suis Sivaraman, 1980
  • Withius tenuimanus (Balzan, 1892)
  • Withius termitophilus (Tullgren, 1907)
  • Withius texanus (Banks, 1891)
  • Withius transvaalensis (Beier, 1953)
  • Withius tweediei (Beier, 1955)
  • Withius vachoni (Beier, 1944)
  • Withius vagrans Chamberlin, 1925

Fossil species

  • Withius eucarpus (Dalman, 1826)

References

  1. 1 2 Kew, HW (1911). "A synopsis of the false scorpions of Britain and Ireland". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. B 29: 38–64 [497].
  2. 1 2 "Genus: Withius Kew, 1911". World Arachnida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Genus Withius Kew, 1911". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-17.


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