Genus: Withius Kew, 1911 | Family: Withiidae Chamberlin, 1931 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Withius crassipes (Lawrence, 1937)

SPECIES |   SYNONYM

Original combination: Stenowithius crassipes

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:ee094088-da97-4a47-bdad-effa34fcae78

Junior synonym of: Withius paradoxus Ellingsen, 1912

Taxonomic references

Stenowithius crassipes

Lawrence, 1937: 270–272, figs 30a–c original description
Roewer, 1940: 347

Allowithius crassipes (Lawrence):

Beier, 1958a: 180–181, fig. 12
Beier, 1964k: 79
Beier, 1966k: 467, 470

Withius crassipes (Lawrence):

Mahnert, 1988a: 52–54, figs 29–32
Harvey, 1991a: 660

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Afrotropic

Ethiopia
Kenya
South Africa
Type locality: Nkandhla Forest, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Nkandhla Forest -28.733333 31.15
Type repository
  • Syntypes: 2 males, 1 female (Natal Museum)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04C2B416-F3D5-4BF5-80A8-7946A3CEC5E4

References

Beier, M. (1958a). The Pseudoscorpionidea (false-scorpions) of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 14: 155–187. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1964k). Weiteres zur Kenntnis der Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des südlichen Afrika. Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 30–90. -- Show included taxa

Beier, M. (1966k). Ergänzungen zur Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des südlichen Afrika. Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 455–470. -- Show included taxa

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

Lawrence, R.F. (1937). A collection of Arachnida from Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 8: 211–273. -- Show included taxa

Mahnert, V. (1988a). Die Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida) Kenyas. Familien Withiidae und Cheliferidae. Tropical Zoology 1: 39–89. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1940). Chelonethi oder Pseudoskorpione. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig 5(IV)(6)(1): 321–354. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-03-20 Species synonymy Lawrence, 1937