Lyn's Indohya (WAM PSE003) Indohya lynbeazlyae Harvey & Burger, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 13752
Indohya lynbeazlyae female, dorsal (WAM T138709; Callawa Ridge, 200 km E. of Port Hedland, Western Australia)
Image: Harvey et al. (2023; fig. 41D)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10132Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2023): Indohya lynbeazleyae belongs to a group of Indohya species that have 12 setae on the carapace and no eyes (Fig. 42A). It differs from I. anastomosa,I. aquila and I. humphreysi by the presence of 4 setae on tergite I (only 2 setae in I. anastomosa, I. aquila and I. humphreysi). It differs from I. arnoldstrongi, I. cockingi and I. finitima by having numerous pointed teeth on the fixed chelal finger, and from all except I. cribbi by the granulate pedipalpal femur and patella (smooth or at most only partially granulate in the others). It differs from I. cribbi by the median setal row of the carapace being strongly recurved. There are no unique nucleotide substitutions in COI mtDNA that distinguish this species from all other species of Indohya. The six sequenced specimens differ from all other sequenced specimens of Indohya by 11.6–24.3%.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Publications
(2023): The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia. Zootaxa. 5342: 1 - 119DOI