Indohya pusilla Harvey, 1993

Harvey, Mark S., Burger, Mieke A. A., Abrams, Kym M., Finston, Terrie L., Huey, Joel A. & Perina, Giulia, 2023, The systematics of the pseudoscorpion genus Indohya (Pseudoscorpiones: Hyidae) in Australia, Zootaxa 5342 (1), pp. 1-119 : 111

Indohya pusilla Harvey, 1993

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Indohya pusilla Harvey 1993: 23–25 , figs. 3, 65–73; Harvey and Volschenk 2007: 401, figs. 5–9, 15.

Material examined. Holotype male. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 3.4 km SW. of Manning Creek, Prince Frederick Harbour ( CALM site 8/4), 15°00′15″S, 125°21′E, rainforest litter, 25-31 January 1989, CALM staff ( WAM T23649 , formerly 91/1398).

Diagnosis. Indohya pusilla has 14 carapaceal setae and two pairs of eyes, thus resembling I. panops . It differs from I. panops in being smaller (e.g. pedipalpal femur 0.32–0.33 mm vs. 0.41–0.425 in I. panops ), and by the smooth pedipalpal femur (granulate in I. panops ).

Description (adult). See Harvey (1993).

Distribution and remarks. Indohya pusilla has only been recorded from a single rainforest patch situated in the western Kimberley ( Fig. 6A ). The site is situated within the Northern Kimberley bioregion. The sole specimen was collected with I. beieri .

Conservation assessment. Although Indohya pusilla has only been collected at a single location, there is no reason to believe that it is not more widely distributed in the local area. The species does not meet the status of threatened using the criteria developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (2012).

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FIGURE 6. Maps of north-western Australia depicting recorded distributions of the three epigean species of Indohya from the Kimberley:A, epigean species; B, troglobitic species.