Pseudoscorpions of the family Feaellidae (Pseudoscorpiones : Feaelloidea) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia show extreme short-range endemism

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Harvey ◽  
Kym M. Abrams ◽  
Amber S. Beavis ◽  
Mia J. Hillyer ◽  
Joel A. Huey
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
North Western

The phylogenetic relationships of the Australian species of Feaellidae are assessed with a molecular analysis using mitochondrial (CO1) and nuclear (ITS2) data. These results confirm the morphological analysis that three previously undescribed species occur in the Pilbara bioregion, which are named and described: Feaella (Tetrafeaella) callani, sp. nov., F. (T.) linetteae, sp. nov. and F. (T.) tealei, sp. nov. The males of these three species, as well as males of F. anderseni Harvey and other unnamed species from the Kimberley region of north-western Australia, have a pair of enlarged, thick-walled bursa that are not found in other feaellids. Despite numerous environmental impact surveys for short-range endemic invertebrates in the Pilbara, very few specimens have been collected, presumably due to their relictual distributions, restricted habitat preferences and low densities. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:131F0587-F2EE-405F-BE5A-772F072D9915

Three new genera of Indo-Australian Dermestidae (Coleoptera) and their phylogenetic significance

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 231 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Lawrence ◽  
Adam Slipinski
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Significance ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
North Western

Three new genera are described, providing valuable new information on the phylogeny and biogeography of the family Dermestidae: Derbyana, gen. nov., containing only D. matthewsi, sp. nov. from north-western Australia; Orphilodes, gen. nov., with three Australian species, O. australis, sp. nov. (type of the genus), O. minor, sp. nov. and O. malleecola, sp. nov.; and Trichodryas, gen. nov., with one described species, T. esoterica sp. nov., from the Malay Peninsula and undescribed species from the Sulu Archipelago, Sabah, Kalimantan and Java. A cladistic analysis is included based on a matrix consisting of the three new genera, exemplar genera representing all major groups of Dermestidae and outgroup exemplars from the families Eucinetidae, Derodontidae, Nosodendridae, Endecatomidae and Bostrichidae. Based on the results, a new supergeneric classification is proposed and compared with those in other recent works on Dermestidae and related groups. Recognised subfamilies and tribes include Orphilinae, Attageninnae, Thorictinae, Dermestinae (Marioutini and Dermestini), Megatominae and Trinodinae (Thylodriini and Trinodini). Trichelodini is suppressed and Hexanodes Blair is removed from synonymy with Trichelodes Carter. Keys are given to adults and larvae of the subfamilies of Dermestidae and the genera of Orphilinae, Dermestinae and Trinodinae.

Karripurcellia, a new pettalid genus (Arachnida : Opiliones : Cyphophthalmi) from Western Australia, with a cladistic analysis of the family Pettalidae

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Giribet
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
Anal Glands ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Species Cluster ◽  
The Family ◽  
Group Relationships

Examination of museum specimens belonging to the cyphophthalmid Gondwanan family Pettalidae has rendered a collection of specimens placed in the new genus Karripurcellia. The genus includes three species, K.�peckorum, sp. nov., K. sierwaldae, sp. nov. and K. harveyi, sp. nov., from the Pemberton area in Western Australia. These are the first cyphophthalmid species found outside Queensland in Australia. Karripurcellia, gen. nov. is distinguished from other Australian pettalids by the lack of modifications in the anal plate, as well as the lack of the typical male anal glands of pettalids, sironids and the stylocellid genus Fangensis Rambla, 1994. Two of the species, K. peckorum, sp. nov. and K. sierwaldae, sp. nov., live sympatrically and have been collected in the same litter samples in one locality. The proposition of the new genus is accompanied by a cladistic analysis of all pettalid genera and most species within each genus, with the exception of the species-rich genus Rakaia Hirst, 1925. The cladistic analysis supports the monophyly of the Karripurcellia, gen. nov. species, but their sister-group relationships are unclear. However, the remaining Australian species cluster with the pettalids from New Zealand and South Africa, but not with Karripurcellia, sp. nov.

Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera : Demospongiae), with description of Australian species

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1179 ◽  
Author(s):  
JNA Hooper
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
New Genus ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Biogeographical Distribution ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Australasian Region

The marine sponge family Raspailiidae Hentschel is revised and referred to the order Poecilosclerida. Of 48 nominal genera, 17 (including one new genus and one new subgenus) are recognised here: Raspailia Nardo, (Hymeraphiopsis, subg. nov.), Ectyoplasia Topsent, Endectyon Topsent, Trikentrion Ehlers, Cyamon Gray, Aulospongus Norman, Raspaciona Topsent, Rhabdeurypon Topsent, Eurypon Gray, Plocamione Topsent, Amphinomia, gen. nov., Lithoplocamia Dendy, Hymeraphia Bowerbank, Ceratopsion Strand, Thrinacophora Ridley, Axechina Hentschel and Echinodictyum Ridley, and three genera are incertae sedis (Tethyspira Topsent, Sigmeurypon Topsent, Cantabrina Ferrer-Hernandez). Fifty-six species are described for the Australian fauna, of which 14 are new to science: Raspailia daminensis, R. desrnonyiformis, R. keriontria, R. melanorhops, R. phakellopsis, R. reticulata, R. wardi, R. wilkinsoni, Ectyoplasia vannus, Endectyon elyakovi, Ceratopsion montebelloensis, C. palmafa, Echinodictyum austrinus, spp. nov. and Amphinomia sulphurea, gen. nov., sp. nov. The phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical distribution of the family are discussed. Tropical north-westem Australian-southem Indonesia has the highest diversity of species in the Indo-west Pacific, and altogether the Australasian region has about 20% of the world's known raspailiid fauna.

Two crested and colourful new species of Lebbeus (Crustacea: Caridea: Hippolytidae) from the continental margin of Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2372 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA W. McCALLUM ◽  
GARY C. B. POORE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Continental Margin ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
North Western

Two new species of hippolytid shrimp are described from the continental margin of Western Australia, Lebbeus clarehannah sp. nov. from one female specimen collected off Bald Island, WA, at depths of 408–431 m and Lebbeus cristagalli sp. nov. from ten specimens collected off north-western Australia at depths of 397–458 m. Both species belong to the group of Lebbeus species possessing epipods on only the first two pairs of pereopods. Within this group, they are similar to L. yaldwyni Kensley, Tranter & Griffin, 1987 from NSW, Australia, and L. compressus Holthuis, 1947 from Japan in possessing a high crest on the carapace. These crested species of Lebbeus are reviewed. They can be distinguished from one another by the shape of the carapace crest, the number of spines on maxilliped 3 and by colour pattern. A key to all crested species and colour photos of the Australian species are provided.

TRANSFER OF THE TARSOCHEYLIDAE TO THE HETEROSTIGMATA, AND REASSIGNMENT OF THE TARSONEMINA AND HETEROSTIGMATA TO LOWER HIERARCHIC STATUS IN THE PROSTIGMATA (ACARI)

1976 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evert E. Lindquist
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
The Family ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
New Synonymy

AbstractThe systematic status of the genus Tarsocheylus Berlese, 1904 and the position of the family Tarsocheylidae Atyeo and Baker, 1964 in the Prostigmata is reviewed. The family does not belong in either the Raphignathoidea or the Anystoidea but in its own superfamily, the Tarsocheyloidea, which is described for this purpose. In turn, this superfamily is placed alongside the Heterocheyloidea in the Heterostigmata.Because the type-species of Tarsocheylus, T. paradoxus Berlese, 1904, is conspecific with Hoplocheylus discalis Atyeo and Baker, 1964 (new synonymy), the concept of Hoplocheylus Atyeo and Baker, 1964, which has remained until now as originally proposed, is the same as that of Tarsocheylus. However, a new case is made for recognizing these genera as mutually distinct, based on other morphological criteria. Tarsocheylus atomarius Berlese, 1913, the type-species of Hoplocheylus, is apparently conspecific with Hoplocheylus canadensis Marshall, 1966 (new synonymy) and perhaps with one or two other described species from North America. A third generic entity, represented by Hoplocheylus johnstoni Atyeo and Baker, 1964, is noted but not named or formally described. Hoplocheylus pickardi Smiley and Moser, 1968 is conspecific with H. similis Delfinado and Baker, 1974 (new synonymy).Hemitarsocheylus Soliman and Zaher, 1975, which was described as a new genus in the Tarsocheylidae, is congeneric with Stigmocheylus Berlese, 1910 (new synonymy). This genus does not belong in the Tarsocheyloidea, but rather in the Anystoidea.A list of character states found useful in recognizing groupings of species of Tarsocheylidae is presented. Based on the collection data with specimens representing described and undescribed species at hand, the known distribution of the Tarsocheylidae is extended to include Australia and western North America, and the second known instance of an association with passalid beetles is recorded.From a phylogenetic standpoint, the Tarsocheyloidea and Heterocheyloidea are proposed as sister groups that together constitute a new suprafamilial taxon, the Tarsocheylina. In turn, the Tarsocheylina and Tarsonemina are proposed as sister groups, and both are described; together, they form the Heterostigmata.The systematic and phylogenetic relationships of the Heterostigmata (including the Tarsonemina) to the Prostigmata and the Astigmata are reviewed. Not only should the Heterostigmata be retained in the Prostigmata but it should be lowered in hierarchic rank, such that it is a part of the Eleutherengona. The stock that gave rise to the Anystoidea and related superfamilies is shown to be ancestral to the Heterostigmata as well.

Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of subterranean and surface genera of Australian Atyidae (Crustacea : Decapoda : Caridea) inferred with mitochondrial DNA

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Page ◽  
Kristina von Rintelen ◽  
Jane M. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase I ◽  
Freshwater Shrimp ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mitochondrial 16S Rdna ◽  
Disjunct Genus

The biogeographic and phylogenetic relationships of six of the eight Australian genera of freshwater shrimp from the family Atyidae were investigated using mitochondrial 16S rDNA and cytochrome oxidase I sequences. Previous studies on two of the epigean genera (Caridina, Paratya) indicate that Australian species have strong links to congenerics from outside, with Australian members of Paratya being monophyletic and Caridina polyphyletic. The present study found that the endemic Australian epigean genus Australatya forms a strong clade with Pacific ‘Atya-like’ genera (Atyoida, Atyopsis), and that the endemic Australian epigean genus Caridinides falls within a clade containing Caridina species from the Australian ‘indistincta’ group. The two hypogean genera included in this study (Parisia, Pycnisia) form a strong clade in all analyses, implying an Australian subterranean speciation. The possibility of a relationship between Parisia/Pycnisia and an Australian Caridina species may have implications for the monophyly of the highly disjunct genus Parisia (Australia, Madagascar, Philippines). Parisia may descend from local Caridina species and represent convergent morphologies.

Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Atopobathynella Schminke (Bathynellacea:Parabathynellidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joo-Lae Cho ◽  
W. F. Humphreys ◽  
Sang-Don Lee
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Retention Index ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Consistency Index ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
The Family ◽  
Distributional Patterns

The present study attempts to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among species of Atopobathynella Schminke, 1973 in order to elucidate their distributional patterns and to seek a mechanism for the worldwide colonisation of the limnic interstitial by the Parabathynellidae. We describe six new Atopobathynella recently discovered in Western Australia: A. gascoyneensis, sp. nov., A. hinzeae, sp. nov., A. schminkei, sp. nov., A. wattsi, sp. nov., A. readi, sp. nov. and A. glenayleensis, sp. nov. The phylogenetic relationships among these species and four previously known species in the genus are assessed using 28 morphological characters. The analysis yielded two most parsimonious trees 71 steps long with consistency index 0.5070, retention index 0.5270, and rescaled consistency index 0.2672. One of these trees supports the grouping of A. readi, sp. nov. + (((A. wattsi, sp. nov. + A. glenaylensis, sp. nov.) + (A. hospitalis Schminke, 1973 (A. gascoyneensis, sp. nov. (A. schminkei, sp. nov. + A. hinzeae, sp. nov.)))) + (A. valdiviana (Noodt, 1964) (A. compagana Schminke, 1973 + A. chelifera Schminke, 1973))). We discuss the monophyly of Atopobathynella and its phylogenetic position within the family Parabathynellidae. The results of the phylogenetic analysis and the biogeographical data suggest that the ancestors of Atopobathynella colonized groundwater via limnic surface water.

Taxonomy of Paraplatyarthrus Javidkar and King (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Paraplatyarthridae) with description of five new species from Western Australia, and comments on Australian Trichorhina Budde-Lunde, 1908 (Platyarthridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4243 (3) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMMAD JAVIDKAR ◽  
RACHAEL A. KING ◽  
STEVEN J. B. COOPER ◽  
WILLIAM F. HUMPHREYS ◽  
ANDREW D. AUSTIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Surface Species ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family

The oniscidean fauna of Australia is generally poorly known but recent sampling has revealed a new family, Paraplatyarthridae, found in both terrestrial and groundwater calcretes of central Western Australia. The family was initially described based on a new genus and species, Paraplatyarthrus subterraneus Javidkar and King, 2015. Here we describe an additional five Paraplatyarthrus species from the Yilgarn region of Western Australia, based on both morphological and molecular evidence (COI divergences). Four species are subterranean: P. crebesconiscus Javidkar and King sp. nov., P. cunyuensis Javidkar and King sp. nov., P. occidentoniscus Javidkar and King sp. nov., and P. pallidus Javidkar and King sp. nov., and one is a surface species, P. nahidae Javidkar and King sp. nov. A key to their identification is provided along with information on their distribution. In addition, type material of the two described Australian species of Platyarthridae, Trichorhina australiensis Wahrberg, 1922 from Western Australia and T. tropicalis Lewis, 1998 from Queensland, are examined. Morphological reassessment of type material shows T. australiensis belongs to Paraplatyarthrus (comb. nov.) and that T. tropicalis is correctly placed in Trichorhina, confirming that the genus and family Platyarthridae occur in Australia.  

scholarly journals New species of Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from north-western Australia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Car ◽  
Mark S. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
North Western

To date, six species of the Australian endemic millipede genus Boreohesperus have been recognized: all have highly localized distributions, consistent with being short-range endemic species, and all are from the Cape Range and Pilbara region of Western Australia. In this paper, we describe three new species, B. alcyonis sp. nov., B. psittacinus sp. nov., and B. vascellus sp. nov., each from a different island in the Kimberley region of north-western Australia.

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