Indohya panops 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 : 110-111

Indohya panops Harvey, 1993

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Indohya panops Harvey 1993: 19–23 , figs. 3, 48–64; Harvey and Volschenk 2007: 401, figs. 5–9, 15.

Material examined. Holotype male. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 13.5 km NE. of Crystal Head, SW. Osborne Island ( CALM site 11/1), 14°23′S, 125°57′E, rainforest litter, 25–31 January 1989, CALM staff ( WAM T23616 , formerly 91/1364).

Paratypes. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: l3 Ô, 11 ♀, same data as holotype ( WAM T23617–23639 , formerly 91/1365–1388); 1 Ô , 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( FSCA) ; 1 Ô, 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( MHNG) ; 2 Ô, 1 tritonymph, 1 deutonymph, same data except June 1988, J. D. Majer ( WAM T23640–23643 , formerly 91/1389– 1392) ; 2 ♀, 20.5 km NW. of Mt French, Glenelg River ( CALM site 23/4), 15°48′25″S, 124°44′15″E, rainforest litter, 25–31 January 1989, CALM staff ( WAM T23444–23645 , formerly 91/1393-1394); 1 tritonymph, Mt Trafalgar ( CALM site 14/3), 15°17′S, 125°04′E, rainforest litter, June 1988, J. D. Majer ( WAM T23646 , formerly 91/1395); 1 deutonymph, same data except 25-31 January 1989, CALM staff ( WAM T23647 , formerly 91/1396) ; 1 ♀, 10 km NW, of September Point, nr Cape Bougainville ( CALM site 6/2), 13°56′30″S, 126°08′E, rainforest litter, 25-31 January 1989, CALM staff ( WAM T23648 , formerly 91/1397) .

Other material. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 1 Ô, 3 ♀, Descartes Island , 14°09′50″S, 125°40′47″E, 30 August 2002, under rocks, near freshwater seep, M.S. Harvey, R . J. Teale ( WAM T121677 , T152529–152531 .

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

Description (adult). See Harvey (1993).

Description (tritonymph). See Harvey (1993).

Description (deutonymph). See Harvey (1993).

Distribution and remarks. Indohya panops has been recorded from several rainforest localities in the Kimberley region ( Fig. 6A ), including a new locality, Descartes Island, where four adults were collected near a freshwater seep. All sites are situated within the Northern Kimberley bioregion.

Conservation assessment. Indohya panops is the most widely distributed species of Indohya in the Kimberley region, and does not meet the status of threatened using the criteria developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (2012).

Figures

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.