Jessica's Indohya (WAM PSE150) Indohya jessicae Harvey & Burger, 2023

(after Harvey et al. 2023): Indohya jessicae belongs to a group of Indohya species that have 12 setae on the carapace and no eyes. 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 I. cribbi and I. lynbeazleyae by the partially granulate pedipalpal femur and smooth patella (femur and patella granulate in I. cribbi and I. lynbeazleyae). It differs from I. damocles and I. sagmata by its less narrow pedipalpal segments [e.g. chela (with pedicel) less than 4.5 × longer than broad; femur less than 6.0 × longer than broad, vs. chela (with pedicel) at least 5.0 × longer than broad; femur at least 6.5 × longer than broad], and from I. scanloni by its larger size [e.g. chela (with pedicel) 1.81 (♀) mm, vs. 1.395 (♂), 1.505 (♀) in I. scanloni]. It also differs from all other Indohya species for which sequence data are available by two synapomorphies in COI mtDNA: at base 208 there is a substitution to G; and at base 585 there is a substitution to T. The four sequenced specimens differ from all other sequenced specimens of Indohya by 17.5–25.7%.

• native

• Western Australia