Family: Withiidae Chamberlin, 1931 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Plesiowithius Vachon, 1954

GENUS |   SYNONYM

Original name: Plesiowithius

Gender: masculine

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:07777983-b39a-462e-ad1e-d2eec2b3cbd2
Genus type

Plesiowithius dekeyseri Vachon, 1954a, by original designation.

Junior synonym of: Nannowithius Beier, 1932

Taxonomic references
Plesiowithius
Vachon, 1954a: 1029 original description
Harvey, 1991a: 653
Zoobank LSID

582A59BA-0137-4564-AEED-BF28F8F7B5AF

References

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester: 725 pp. ZooBank: 631468A0-92DC-4DAC-A05D-6C46F6052D65 -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2015a). A review of the taxonomy and biology of pseudoscorpions of Nannowithius and Termitowithius (Pseudoscorpiones, Withiidae), inquilines of social insects. Journal of Arachnology 43: 342–352. -- Show included taxa

Vachon, M. (1954a). Contribution à l'étude du peuplement de la Mauritanie. Pseudoscorpions. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 16: 1022–1030. ZooBank: CE60F744-4C0C-4799-AA4A-025D99C5590E -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2025-11-15 Genus synonymy Harvey, 2015