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Suborder DiplosphyronidaFamily HyidaeLeucohya heteropoda ChamberlinPseudoscorpion troglobio: Anonymous, 1942b:26S.Pseudoscorpiones nueva subfamilia: Bolivar, 1944:26.Leucohya heteropoda Chamberlin, 1946:7, 8-10,pI. 1; Chamberlin and Malcolm, 1960:114; Muchmore,1969:32; Reddell, 1971b:27; Muchmore,1972a:261, 269, 272,273; Muchmore, 1973a:S1,53, fig. 15-17.Leucohya heterodonta: Reddell, 1967a:24 (erroneousspelling).Type-locality.-Gruta del Palmito, Bustamante,Nuevo Leon, Mexico.Distribution.-Known only from the type-locality.See Fig. 19.Discussion.-This species is closely related to L.magnifica Muchmore, but the relationships of thisgenus to other neobisioid genera remain uncertain. Itis apparently related to Mexobisium, Apohya, andmore distantly to Paravachonium. An editorial addendumto Muchmore (1969) reports this species as beingknown from caves in Yucatan; this is an obviouserror. Topotypic specimens collected recently werefound under rocks in the entrance room of the cave.GUATEMALA,...-"r,.. \/.//Fig. 19.-Distribution of troglobitic pseudoscorpions of the family Hyidae: 1, Leucohya magnifica; 2, 1. heteropoda;3, Mexobisium paradoxum; 4, Troglohya carranzai; 5, M. maya; 6, T. mitchelli; 7, M. guatemalense; 8, M. goodnighti.120

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