Species Withius piger (Simon, 1878)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chelifer piger Simon, E. 1878. Études arachnologiques. XI. Liste des espèces de la famille des Cheliferidae qui habitent l'Algérie et le Maroc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 8: 144-153 [148].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 2379 ♀, Bou-Saada, Algeria.
• Chelifer subruber Simon, E. 1879. Les Arachnides de France, Chernetes. Paris : Roret Vol. 7 pp. i-vii, 1-78. [30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 1♂ 1♀, Hyères, France.
• Chelifer (Trachychernes) oculatus Beier, M. 1929. Die Pseudoskorpione des Wiener Naturhistorischen Museums. II. Panctenodactyli. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 43: 341-367 [343].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♀ (in alcohol), Haifa, Syria.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Heurtault, J. 1971. Chambre génitale, armature génitale et caractères sexuals secondaires chez quelques espèces de pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) du genre Withius. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 42: 1037-1053 [1050]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Nearly cosmopolitan.

Introduced from unknown.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Synanthropic, introduced*.

 

General References

Beier, M. 1966. On the Pseudoscorpionidea of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 275-303 [301] (first Australian record)

Weygoldt, P. 1969. The Biology of Pseudoscorpions. Cambridge : Harvard Univ. Press xiv 145 pp. (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2012		31-Oct-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)