# Metawithius

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{{Short description|Genus of pseudoscorpions}}
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| taxon = Metawithius
| authority = [Chamberlin](/source/Joseph_Conrad_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](/source/genus) of [pseudoscorpions](/source/pseudoscorpions) in the [Withiidae](/source/Withiidae) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)). It was described in 1931 by American [arachnologist](/source/arachnology) [Joseph Conrad Chamberlin](/source/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>
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* ''[Metawithius annamensis](/source/Metawithius_annamensis)'' <small>(Redikorzev, 1938)</small>
* ''[Metawithius dawydoffi](/source/Metawithius_dawydoffi)'' <small>(Beier, 1951)</small>
* ''[Metawithius keralensis](/source/Metawithius_keralensis)'' <small>Johnson, Mathew, Sebastian & Joseph, 2019</small>
* ''[Metawithius murrayi](/source/Metawithius_murrayi)'' <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small>
* ''[Metawithius nepalensis](/source/Metawithius_nepalensis)'' <small>(Beier, 1974)</small>
* ''[Metawithius philippinus](/source/Metawithius_philippinus)'' <small>Beier, 1937</small>
* ''[Metawithius spiniventer](/source/Metawithius_spiniventer)'' <small>Redikorzev, 1938</small>
** ''[Metawithius spiniventer pauper](/source/Metawithius_spiniventer_pauper)'' <small>Beier, 1953</small>
** ''[Metawithius spiniventer spiniventer](/source/Metawithius_spiniventer_spiniventer)'' <small>Redikorzev, 1938</small>
* ''[Metawithius tonkinensis](/source/Metawithius_tonkinensis)'' <small>(Beier, 1951)</small>
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==References==
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Category:Withiidae
Category:Pseudoscorpion genera
Category:Taxa described in 1931
Category:Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin
 
 
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