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

Afrowithius Chamberlin, 1931

GENUS |   SYNONYM

Original name: Afrowithius

Gender: masculine

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:c1efb67c-efee-43d6-9fc7-c0fb2da858e6
Genus type

Chelifer paradoxus Ellingsen, 1912b, by original designation.

Junior synonym of: Withius Kew, 1911

Taxonomic references
Afrowithius
Chamberlin, 1931c: 293 original description
Beier, 1932e: 221
Harvey, 1991a: 640
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3E140E67-2CF2-411D-A8B8-56441481A55A

References

Beier, M. (1932e). Pseudoscorpionidea II. Subord. C. Cheliferinea. Tierreich 58: i–xxi, 1–294. -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, J.C. (1931c). A synoptic revision of the generic classification of the chelonethid family Cheliferidae Simon (Arachnida). Canadian Entomologist 63: 289–294. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2015b). Revised diagnoses for the pseudoscorpion genera Metawithius and Microwithius, with the description of a new Australian genus, and notes on Withius (Pseudoscorpiones, Withiidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 353–370. -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Old value
2022-03-20 Genus synonymy Chamberlin, 1931