# Hyidae

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{{Short description|Family of pseudoscorpions}}
{{Distinguish|Hylidae}}

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| taxon = Hyidae
| authority = [Chamberlin](/source/Joseph_Conrad_Chamberlin), 1930
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
*[Hya](/source/Hya) <small>Chamberlin, 1930</small>
*[Indohya](/source/Indohya) <small>Beier, 1974</small>
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'''Hyidae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [pseudoscorpions](/source/pseudoscorpions) within the superfamily [Neobisioidea](/source/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](/source/South_Asia) and [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia), [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), and [Australia](/source/Australia). Their habitats mainly include [plant litter](/source/plant_litter) and [caves](/source/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](/source/arachnology) [Joseph Conrad Chamberlin](/source/Joseph_Conrad_Chamberlin).<ref name="wac" /><ref name="afd" /> 

=== Genera ===
{{as of|2023|10}}, the [World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog](/source/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](/source/Subfamily); 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](/source/Hya_(arachnid))'' <small>Chamberlin, 1930</small>

==== Indohyinae ====
* ''[Hyella](/source/Hyella)'' <small>M.S Harvey, 1993</small>
* ''[Indohya](/source/Indohya)'' <small>Beier, 1974</small>

==References==
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