Genus: Victorwithius Feio, 1944 | Family: Withiidae Chamberlin, 1931 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Victorwithius similis (Beier, 1959)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Parawithius (Victorwithius) similis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:6b8a8dd1-5f25-460d-80f8-ad10367a217a

Taxonomic references

Parawithius (Victorwithius) similis

Beier, 1959e: 218, fig. 27 original description
Harvey, 1991a: 653

Victorwithius similis (Beier):

Harvey, 2004: 440, 443
Ceballos and Ferradas, 2008: 115
Mahnert, Di Iorio, Turienzo and Porta, 2011: 24
Bollatti and Ceballos, 2014: 14
Reis, Reis, Tizo and Tizo-Pedroso, 2024: 4, fig. 3D

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Neotropic

Argentina
Type locality: 10 miles N. of Trancas, Tucumán, Argentina.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 10 miles N. of Trancas -26.066666 -65.283333
Type repository
  • Syntypes: 2 males, 1 female (CAS)
References

Beier, M. (1959e). Zur Kenntnis der Pseudoscorpioniden-Fauna des Andengebietes. Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna 1(3): 185–228. doi: 10.1080/01650525909380614 -- Show included taxa

Bollatti, F. & Ceballos, A. (2014). Effect of gregarines (Apicomplexa: Sporozoa) on survival and weight loss of Victorwithius similis (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 117: 13–18. -- Show included taxa

Ceballos, A. & Ferradas, B., Rosso de (2008). Pseudoscorpiones. In: Claps, L.E., Debandi, G. and Roig-Juñent, S. (ed.) Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, Mendoza 2: 105–116. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2004). Remarks on the New World pseudoscorpion genera Parawithius and Victorwithius, with a new genus bearing a remarkable sternal modification (Pseudoscorpiones, Withiidae). Journal of Arachnology 32: 436–456. -- Show included taxa

Mahnert, V., Di Iorio, O., Turienzo, P. & Porta, A. (2011). Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) from Argentina. New records of distributions and habitats, corrections and an identification key. Zootaxa 2881: 1–30. -- Show included taxa

Reis, J.S.D., Reis, M.H.A., Tizo, A.F.S. & Tizo-Pedroso, E. (2024).

Hunting the hunter: evidence of intraguild predation among bark-dwelling pseudoscorpions in the Brazilian savanna
. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais 19(e2024-0969): 1–12. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2025-11-15 New taxonomic reference entry Reis, Reis, Tizo and Tizo-Pedroso, 2024