Cystowithius Harvey, 2004

Romero-Ortiz, Catalina, Sarmiento, Carlos E. & Harvey, Mark S., 2023, A new genus and five new species of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Withiidae) from Colombia, ZooKeys 1184, pp. 301-326 : 301

Genus Cystowithius Harvey, 2004

Cystowithius Harvey 2004: 440; García and Romero-Ortiz 2021: 2.

Type species.

Cystowithius smithersi Harvey, 2004, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

See Harvey (2004).

Remarks.

The genus Cystowithius is endemic to Central and South America ( Harvey 2004; García and Romero-Ortiz 2021), and currently contains five species: C. colombicus Harvey, 2004 and C. ankeri García & Romero-Ortiz, 2021 from Colombia, C. ecuadoricus (Beier, 1959) and C. smithersi Harvey, 2004 from Ecuador and Peru, and C. chamberlini Harvey, 2004 from Mexico and Guatemala. Males are easily recognised by the presence of sternal invaginations (Figs 5D , 6A ).

Figures

Figure 5. Cystowithius florezi sp. nov. (male holotype, ICN-Aps- 077) A carapace B chelicera C left leg I D abdomen, sternites E right chela F left leg IV G left pedipalp H right chelal fingers (arrows show sense-spots) I rallum. Abbreviations: Pedipalp movable finger: b = basal; sb = sub-basal; st = sub-terminal; t = terminal; fixed finger: eb = exterior basal; esb = exterior sub-basal; est = exterior sub-terminal; et = exterior terminal; ib = interior basal; isb = interior sub-basal; ist = interior sub-terminal; it = interior terminal. Cheliceral setae: b = basal seta; es = exterior seta; is = interior seta; ls = laminal seta. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (G); 0.1 mm (A, C-F, H); 0.05 mm (B); 0.0125 mm (I).

Figure 6. Cystowithius ankeri Garcia & Romero-Ortiz, 2021 (male, ICN-Aps- 298) A abdomen sternites B rallum C patch of glandular setae on sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A); 0.0125 mm (B, C).