Differs from the only other genus of the family, Hya, by the absence of venom glands in the fixed chelal finger and the juxtadentate teeth of the chelal fingers.
Hyidae Chamberlin, 1930
Type genus: Hya Chamberlin, 1930
(after Harvey et al. 2023): The family Hyidae currently includes those pseudoscorpions in which the femora of legs I and II have a basi-dorsal mound surmounted by a small seta and slit sensilla, the setae of the female anterior genital operculum are extremely small, and the pedipalpal femur has 2–3 stout setae on the retrolateral-basal margin.
Publications
Harvey MS, Burger MAA, Abrams KM, Finston TL, Huey JA, Perina G (2023): The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia. Zootaxa. 5342: 1 - 119DOI
Western Australian Museum
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T127925
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1 juv.
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8 July 2012
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Western Australia
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Rocklea Station, ca. 45 km NNE of Paraburdoo
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bore scrape
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COI
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GGCCAGTGGTCAACAAATCATAAAGATATTGGAACTTTATATTTTTTTTTAGGAATTTGATCAGGTCTTTTAGGAATATCTTATAGTATAATTATCCGTTTACAATTATCCTCTCCTGGAANNNTATTAATTCTTGAACACTCATACAATGTTGTAGTTACAACTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGGGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTGGTTCCAATGATAATTGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCCCGAATAAATAATCTAAGTTTTTGACTTCTTCCCCCATCTTTAAGATTAATAATTTTATCTACATCAGTACAAATAGGATGTGGAACAGGCTGAACTATTTATCCTCCTTTATCAGGAAATTTAACTCATGTAGATAGGGCTGTAGATATGGTAATTTTTTCTCTTCACCTTGCAGGAGTATCATCAATCTTAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATACGAATAAATGGATTAAAATTTAAACAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTATTTTAATTACTACTATTTTATTATTATTAGCTATTCCTGTATTAGCCGGGGCTATTACTATGCTTCTTACAGATCGAAATTTTAATACAAGATTTTTTTCTCCTGCTGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTTTGATTTTTTGGTCACCCTGAAGTTTA