Indohya napierensis Harvey & Volschenk, 2007

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 : 110

Indohya napierensis Harvey & Volschenk, 2007

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Indohya napierensis Harvey and Volschenk 2007: 399–401 , figs. 5–9, 15, 51–56.

Material examined. Holotype female. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Old Napier Downs Cave, KN-1, Napier Range , 17°13′38″S, 124°38′41″E, 13 July 2004, vadose tube, ~ 3 m above water ‘on muddy dry floor’, under rock, J. Anderson, R. D. Brooks ( WAM T62576 ).

Diagnosis. Indohya napierensis has 16 carapaceal setae and lacks eyes, thus resembling I. currani , I. gollum and I. typhlops . It differs from I. currani and I. typhlops in its larger size [e.g. chela (with pedicel) 1.84, vs. 0.77– 0.855 (♀) in I. currani and I. typhlops ]. It differs from I. gollum as follows: prolateral margin of chelal hand finely granulate (smooth in I. gollum ); chelal hand (without pedicel) 1.71 (♀) longer than broad [1.79–1.96 (Ô), 1.84 (♀) × longer than broad in I. gollum ]; setae on pedipalpal femur about as long as width of femur (not as long as width of femur in I. gollum ); and cheliceral hand with 7 setae (6 setae in I. napierensis ).

Description (adult). See Harvey and Volschenk (2007).

Distribution and remarks. Indohya napierensis has been recorded from Old Napier Downs Cave, in the Napier Range ( Fig. 6B ). The site is situated within the Dampierland bioregion.

Conservation assessment. Old Napier Downs Cave does not lie within a conservation reserve, but the status of the troglofauna that occurs in the cave is unknown. Until detailed surveys are conducted, I. napierensis should be regarded as Data Deficient 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.