{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Metawithius | authority = Chamberlin, 1931<ref name="chamberlin1931">{{cite journal |last1=Chamberlin|first1=JC | date=1931 |title= A synoptic revision of the generic classification of the chelonethid family Cheliferidae Simon (Arachnida)|url= |journal= The Canadian Entomologist|volume=63 |issue= 12|pages=289–294 [293] |doi= 10.4039/Ent63289-12|access-date=}}</ref> | type_species = ''Chelifer murrayi'' | type_species_authority = Pocock, 1900 | synonyms = {{Specieslist | Microwithius |Redikorzev, 1938 | Hyperwithius |Beier, 1951}} }} '''''Metawithius''''' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the Withiidae family. It was described in 1931 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.<ref name="chamberlin1931"/><ref name="wac"/><ref name="afd-g">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/10407fc1-aea7-426c-8520-cb7c43bfb66a |title= Genus Metawithius Chamberlin, 1931 |author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-16}}</ref> ==Species== The genus contains the following species:<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Genus: Metawithius Chamberlin, 1931|work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-11-16|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/species/330}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Metawithius annamensis'' <small>(Redikorzev, 1938)</small> * ''Metawithius dawydoffi'' <small>(Beier, 1951)</small> * ''Metawithius keralensis'' <small>Johnson, Mathew, Sebastian & Joseph, 2019</small> * ''Metawithius murrayi'' <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small> * ''Metawithius nepalensis'' <small>(Beier, 1974)</small> * ''Metawithius philippinus'' <small>Beier, 1937</small> * ''Metawithius spiniventer'' <small>Redikorzev, 1938</small> ** ''Metawithius spiniventer pauper'' <small>Beier, 1953</small> ** ''Metawithius spiniventer spiniventer'' <small>Redikorzev, 1938</small> * ''Metawithius tonkinensis'' <small>(Beier, 1951)</small> {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q10582845}} {{Authority control}} Category:Withiidae Category:Pseudoscorpion genera Category:Taxa described in 1931 Category:Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}