TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of the pseudoscorpion genus Metawithius (Pseudoscorpiones
T2 - Withiidae) from the Indian subcontinent
AU - Johnson, Jithin
AU - Romero-Ortiz, Catalina
AU - Mathew, Aneesh V.
AU - Sebastian, Pothalil A.
AU - Joseph, Mathew M.
AU - Harvey, Mark S.
PY - 2019/4/27
Y1 - 2019/4/27
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Kerala
KW - Morphology
KW - Nepal
KW - taxonomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063388221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.84
DO - 10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.84
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85063388221
VL - 47
SP - 84
EP - 94
JO - The Journal of Arachnology
JF - The Journal of Arachnology
SN - 0161-8202
IS - 1
ER -