Indohya damocles
Appearance
Indohya damocles | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | Hyidae |
Genus: | Indohya |
Species: | I. damocles
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Binomial name | |
Indohya damocles |
Indohya damocles is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Hyidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2007 by arachnologists Mark Harvey and Erich Volschenk.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in North West Australia. The type locality is Camerons Cave (C-452) in the Cape Range. The holotype was found in the dark zone, beneath a rock in the calcite pool chamber.[1][2]
Behaviour
[edit]The pseudoscorpions are cave-dwelling terrestrial predators.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Harvey, MS; Volschenk, ES (2007). "Systematics of the Gondwanan pseudoscorpion family Hyidae (Pseudoscorpiones:Neobisioidea): new data and a revised phylogenetic hypothesis". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 21 (4): 365–406 [387]. doi:10.1071/IS05030.
- ^ a b c "Species Indohya damocles Harvey & Volschenk, 2007". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-11.