Rix's Indohya (WAM PSE170) Indohya rixi Harvey & Burger, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 13754
Indohya rixi male, dorsal (WAM T144193; Mesa C, Western Australia)
Image: Harvery et al. (2023; fig. 46A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10146Diagnosis
(after Harvery et al. 2023): Indohya rixi most closely resembles I. adlardi and I. sachsei as all three possess 14 setae on the carapace arranged 4: 2: 4: 2: 2 and they lack eyes. It differs from them by its smaller size, e.g. chela (with pedicel) 1.055 (♂) mm (1.865–2.005 (♀) mm in I. adlardi and 1.22–1.27 (♀) mm in I. sachsei). It further differs from I. sachsei by trichobothrium sb being slightly closer to st than to b (ratio sb–st/sb–b = 1.16) [sb much closer to st than to b (ratio = 2.63) in I. sachsei]. 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 9.1–26.4%.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Publications
(2023): The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia. Zootaxa. 5342: 1 - 119DOI