Breakdown Cave Indohya (WAM PSE209) Indohya anastomosa Harvey & Burger, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 13735
Indohya anastomosa, female, dorsal (WAM T141292, PSE209; Breakdown Maze, Western Australia)
Image: P. Middelfart (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10100Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2023): Indohya anastomosa belongs to a group of Indohya species that have 12 setae on the carapace and no eyes. It differs from all others except I. aquila and I. humphreysi by the presence of only 2 setae on tergite I. It differs from I. aquila by being larger [e.g. pedipalpal chela (with pedicel) 2.175 mm (♀) in I. anastomosa and 1.120 mm (♂) in I. aquila] and from I. humphreysi by the position of trichobothrium isb which is midway between esb and ist in I. humphreysi and closer to esb than to ist in I. anastomosa. There are no unique nucleotide substitutions in COI mtDNA that distinguish this species from all other species of Indohya. The holotype differs from all other sequenced specimens of Indohya by 10.1–26.0%.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Publications
(2023): The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia. Zootaxa. 5342: 1 - 119DOI