Curran's Indohya (WAM PSE181) Indohya currani Harvey & Burger, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 13745
Indohya currani female, dorsal (WAM T134915; Kununurra, Western Australia)
Image: Harvey et al. (2023; fig. 54A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10118Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2023): Indohya currani has 16 carapaceal setae and lacks eyes, thus resembling I. gollum, I. napierensis and I. typhlops. It differs from I. gollum and I. napierensis in being smaller [e.g. chela (with pedicel) 0.855 (♀) mm vs. greater than 1.8 mm in I. gollum and I. napierensis], and from I. typhlops by its narrow chela [chela (with pedicel) 3.98 (♀) × longer than broad vs. 3.21 (♀) × longer than broad in I. typhlops] and by having more teeth on the fixed chelal finger [46 teeth (♀), vs. 41 teeth (♀). There are no unique nucleotide substitutions in COI mtDNA that distinguish this species from all other species of Indohya. The single sequenced specimen differs from all other sequenced specimens of Indohya by 17.6–27.3%.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Publications
(2023): The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia. Zootaxa. 5342: 1 - 119DOI