Aquila Indohya (WAM PSE148) Indohya aquila Harvey & Burger, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 13738
Indohya aquila male, dorsal (WAM T130511; Eagle, ca. 54 km NW. of Tom Price, Western Australia)
Image: Harvey et al. (2023; fig. 15A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10104Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2023): Indohya aquila belongs to a group of Indohya species that have 12 setae on the carapace and no eyes. It differs from all others except I. anastomosa and I. humphreysi by the presence of only 2 setae on tergite I. It differs from both of these species by its smaller size, e.g. pedipalpal chela (with pedicel) 1.120 mm (♂) in I. aquila, 1.52–1.65 mm (♂), 2.09 mm (♀) in I. humphreysi and 2.18 mm (♀) in I. anastomosa.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Publications
(2023): The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia. Zootaxa. 5342: 1 - 119DOI