Hyidae Chamberlin, 1930
Family
The family Hyidae were first recognized by Chamberlin (1930) who included the sole genus Hya with the type species from the Philippines. Beier (1932) transferred the group to the Ideoroncidae, and relegated it to subfamily status. Chamberlin (1946) added the Leucohyinae to the family, but this group was transferred to the Bochicidae by Muchmore (1982, 1998). Two genera treated by Beier as members of the Hyidae, Parahya and Stenohya, were transferred to other neobisioid families by Harvey (1991, 1992).
Composition
The family was revised by Harvey (1993) who recognized three genera, Hya in Hyinae, and Indohya and Hyella in Indohyinae. Harvey and Volschenk (2007a) synonymised Hyella with Indohya, and disbanded the subfamilial system.
Distribution
Hyids are restricted to the Old World, with Hya found in south-east Asia and Sri Lanka, and Indohya in India, north-western Australia and Madagascar. They occur in leaf litter or in caves.
| Distribution | Count |
|---|---|
| Australia | 9 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| India | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 |
| Madagascar | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 |
Important References
Harvey, M.S. (1993). The systematics of the Hyidae (Pseudoscorpionida: Neobisioidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 1-32.
Harvey, M.S. and Volschenk, E.S. (2007a). The systematics of the Gondwanan pseudoscorpion family Hyidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisioidea): new data and a revised phylogenetic hypothesis. Invertebrate Systematics 21: 365-406.
References
Hyidae Chamberlin, 1930: 41; Chamberlin, 1931a: 219-220; Chamberlin, 1946: 5-6; Murthy and Ananthakrishnan, 1977: 24; Muchmore, 1982a: 98; Harvey, 1991a: 314; Harvey, 1992c: 1408; Harvey, 1993: 2-7; Harvey, 1996a: 258; Harvey, 1996d: 157; Harvey and Volschenk, 2007b: 384. Hyinae Chamberlin: Beier, 1932a: 166; Roewer, 1937: 254-255; Chamberlin, 1946: 10; Harvey, 1993: 7. Indohyinae Harvey, 1993: 15 (synonymised by Harvey and Volschenk, 2007b: 384).