Withius piger

{{Short description|Species of pseudoscorpion}} {{Speciesbox |image = Withius piger (51707464178).jpg |image_caption = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | genus = Withius | species = piger | authority = (Simon, 1878)<ref name="simon1878">{{cite journal |last1=Simon|first1=E | date=1878 |title= Études arachnologiques. XI. Liste des espèces de la famille des Cheliferidae qui habitent l'Algérie et le Maroc|url= |journal= Annales de la Société Entomologique de France|volume=(5) 8 |issue= |pages=144–153 [148] |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Specieslist |Chelifer piger |Simon, 1878 |Chelifer subruber |Simon, 1879 |Chelifer (Trachychernes) oculatus |Beier, 1929}} }} '''''Withius piger''''' is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Withiidae family. It was described in 1878 by French arachnologist Eugène Simon.<ref name="simon1878"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4750c68e-007d-4ded-ba91-c87fd4a751fe|title= Species Withius piger (Simon, 1878)|author= |date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-11-18}}</ref> ==Distribution and habitat== The species has a cosmopolitan distribution, often in human-dominated environments, and has been widely introduced. The type locality is Bou Saâda, Algeria.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="simon1878"/> ==Behaviour== The pseudoscorpions are synanthropic, terrestrial predators.<ref name="afd"/><ref name="simon1878"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q10575226}} Category:Withiidae Category:Arachnids of Africa Category:Pseudoscorpions of Australia Category:Arachnids of Europe Category:Arachnids of New Zealand Category:Arthropods of New South Wales Category:Animals described in 1878 Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}