Karen's Indohya Indohya karenae Harvey & Burger, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 13845
Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2023): Indohya karenae is an epigean species with two pairs of eyes and 14 setae on the carapace, thus resembling I. boltoni, I. cardo and I. juliannae. It differs from them all by the robust chelal hand [hand (without pedicel) 1.39 (♀), vs. 1.54–1.92 (♂), 1.54–1.86 (♀) in the others]. It also differs from all other Indohya species for which sequence data are available by five synapomorphies in COI mtDNA: at base 48 there is a substitution to A; at base 350 there is a substitution to A; at base 351 there is a substitution to G; at base 479 there is a substitution to G; and at base 553 there is a substitution to C. The two sequenced specimens differ from all other sequenced specimens of Indohya by 12.7–29.6%.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2023): The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia. Zootaxa. 5342: 1 - 119DOI