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

Withius paradoxus (Ellingsen, 1912)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Chelifer paradoxus

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Genus type of Afrowithius Chamberlin, 1931

Taxonomic references

Chelifer paradoxus

Ellingsen, 1912b: 98–99 original description

Afrowithius paradoxus (Ellingsen):

Chamberlin, 1931c: 293
Beier, 1932e: 221
Roewer, 1937: 309
Harvey, 1991a: 640
Haddad, Prendini, Neethling and Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2023: 12

Withius paradoxus (Ellingsen):

Harvey, 2015a: 367

Synonyms
Withius crassipes (Lawrence, 1937) -- synonymised by Harvey, 2015a: 367
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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: Ntaba Kandoda, near King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 King Williams Town -32.866666 27.383333
Type repository
  • undefined Holotype male (Albany Museum); Paratypes: 1 male, 1 female (Albany Museum?)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EC51E8BC-82AE-4FAE-B59E-9E9E93560FFA

References

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

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

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

Ellingsen, E. (1912b). The pseudoscorpions of South Africa, based on the collections of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 10: 75–128. -- 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. (1937). 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): 161–320. -- 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

Haddad, C.R., Prendini, L., Neethling, J.-A. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. (2023). The non-acarine Arachnida of the Amathole Mountains, South Africa. Bothalia 53: 1–33. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-12-18 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad, Prendini, Neethling and Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2023
2022-03-20 Species synonymy Lawrence, 1937
2022-03-20 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, 2015
2022-03-20 Species updated Old value