Genus: Microwithius Redikorzev, 1938 | Family: Withiidae Chamberlin, 1931 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Microwithius chamundiensis (Sivaraman, 1980)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Metawithius

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:59951fda-fa1b-4fbd-93a3-0a1e629986f9

Taxonomic references

Metawithius (Microwithius) chamundiensis Sivaraman:

Sivaraman, 1980a: 111–113, figs 3a–b original description
Harvey, 1991a: 647

Microwithius chamundiensis (Sivaraman):

Harvey, 2015b: 366

Distribution
Distribution table
India
Type locality: Chamundi Hills, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Chamundi Hills 12.283333 76.666666
Type repository
  • Holotype Loyola College, India male
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. (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. ZooBank: 09DC632F-DFE3-478E-BB29-0EEB8418425A -- Show included taxa

Sivaraman, S. (1980a). Pseudoscorpions from South India - four new species of the family Chernetidae Menge and Cheliferidae Hagen (Pseudoscorpionida, Monosphyronida). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 77: 106–116. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-10-21 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, 1991a
2026-10-21 New taxonomic reference entry Sivaraman, 1980a
2026-10-21 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, 2015b
2026-10-21 Taxonomic reference update
2026-10-21 New species inserted