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]
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| Withius piger | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Species edit
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 edit
- Withius eucarpus (Dalman, 1826)
References edit
- ^ a b Kew, HW (1911). "A synopsis of the false scorpions of Britain and Ireland". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. B 29: 38–64 [497].
- ^ a b "Genus: Withius Kew, 1911". World Arachnida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "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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