A review of the pseudoscorpion genus Metawithius (Pseudoscorpiones: Withiidae) from the Indian subcontinent

Jithin Johnson; Catalina Romero-Ortiz; Aneesh V. Mathew; Pothalil A. Sebastian; Mathew M. Joseph; Mark S. Harvey

doi:10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.84

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Jithin Johnson,¹ Catalina Romero-Ortiz,² Aneesh V. Mathew,¹ Pothalil A. Sebastian,¹ Mathew M. Joseph,¹ Mark S. Harvey^3,4

¹Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India
²Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Comparada de Insectos. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia
³Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia
⁴School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia. E-mail: mark.harvey@museum.wa.gov.au

Abstract

A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Metawithius Chamberlin, 1931 is described from Kerala, India. Detailed morphological descriptions, diagnostic features and illustrations of Metawithius keralensis Johnson, Mathew, Sebastian & Joseph, sp. nov. are provided. Detailed redescription and illustrations of M. nepalensis (Beier, 1974) are also provided. The current distribution of all the known Metawithius species is mapped. Metawithius parvus (Beier, 1930) from Travancore, India is recognised as a species of Chernetidae.

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Jithin Johnson, Catalina Romero-Ortiz, Aneesh V. Mathew, Pothalil A. Sebastian, Mathew M. Joseph, and Mark S. Harvey "A review of the pseudoscorpion genus Metawithius (Pseudoscorpiones: Withiidae) from the Indian subcontinent," The Journal of Arachnology 47(1), 84-94, (27 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.84

Received: 17 May 2018; Published: 27 April 2019

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