{{Short description|Family of pseudoscorpions}} {{Distinguish|Hylidae}}
{{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Hyidae | authority = Chamberlin, 1930 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *Hya <small>Chamberlin, 1930</small> *Indohya <small>Beier, 1974</small> | synonyms = }} '''Hyidae''' is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Neobisioidea.<ref name="wac" /><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2cb7851f-fbdc-4383-9d4e-b31aec4ef21a|title= Family HYIDAE Chamberlin, 1930|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2023-10-09|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-10-10}}</ref> They can be found in South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and Australia. Their habitats mainly include plant litter and caves.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=M.S. |title=Hyidae Chamberlain, 1930 |url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues/pseudoscorpions/family/hyidae |website=Pseudoscorpions of the World |publisher=Western Australia Museum |access-date=23 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204192248/https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues/pseudoscorpions/family/hyidae |archive-date=2023-12-04 |location=Perth |language=English |date=2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Taxonomy == The family was described in 1930 by American arachnologist Joseph Conrad Chamberlin.<ref name="wac" /><ref name="afd" />
=== Genera === {{as of|2023|10}}, the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepted two genera however a genus, xxx, was described in 1993 that was placed in this family. Currently, Hyidae is split into two subfamilies; Hyinae and Indohyinae.<ref name="wac">{{cite web |author= |year=2023 |title= Family: Hyidae Chamberlin, 1930|work=World Arachnida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|accessdate= 2023-10-10|url= https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/pseudoscorpiones/genera/23}}</ref><ref>the Hyidae (Pseudoscorpionida : Neobisioidea). ''Invertebrate Taxonomy''7, 1–32. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9930001</nowiki></ref>
==== Hyinae ==== * ''Hya'' <small>Chamberlin, 1930</small>
==== Indohyinae ==== * ''Hyella'' <small>M.S Harvey, 1993</small> * ''Indohya'' <small>Beier, 1974</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from1= Q3143863}} Category:Hyidae Category:Pseudoscorpion families Category:Taxa named by Joseph Conrad Chamberlin {{pseudoscorpion-stub}}