Scheloribates Berlese and Megascheloribates gen. nov. from southeastern Australia, with comments on Scheloribatidae (Acarida : Cryptostigmata : Oriopodoidea)

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
DC Lee ◽  
GA Pajak
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Ecological Indicators ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Intermediate Hosts ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Unidentified Species

The cosmopolitan oribate mite genus Scheloribates Berlese, 1908 and the Scheloribatidae Grandjean, 1933 are redefined and a new genus, Megascheloribates, is established. Previous scheloribatid records (all unidentified species of Scheloribates) from Australia are reviewed. Records of Megascheloribates, Scheloribates and Setobates Balogh, 1962, from nine florally diverse sites in South Australia, are listed to indicate their possible value as ecological indicators. Records are given of two unidentified Scheloribates species as intermediate hosts of anoplocephalid tapeworms in New South Wales and Victoria indicating that species vary in their susceptibility to infestation. Eleven new species from eight sites in South Australia are described, grouped in three species-complexes of Scheloribates and in Megascheloribates as follows: Scheloribates eusetosus-complex – S. eusetosus, S. brevipodus, S. diforamenatus, S. nanus, S. parabrevipodus, S, parananus; Scheloribates crassipodus-complex – S. crassipodus; Scheloribates heterosetosus-complex – S. hetersetosus, S. unisetosus; Megascheloribates, gen. nov. – M. microsetosus, M. calcaratus. A key is given to distinguish Australian genera of Scheloribatidae and species of Megascheloribates and Scheloribates. Some morphological characters, including leg size and shape, are considered. New synonymies are proposed as follows: Hemileiidae Balogh & Balogh, 1984 under Scheloribatidae; Neoscheloribates Hammer, 1973 and Semischeloribates Hammer, 1973 under Scheloribates; Propescheloribates Jacot, 1936 under Styloribates Jacot, 1934b. The synonymy of Styloribates under Muliercula Coetzer, 1968 by Coetzer, 1968 is revoked. New combinations, previously with Scheloribates, are proposed as follows: Megascheloribates anzacensis (Hammer, 1961); M. giganteus (Hammer, 1967); M. maximus (Balogh, 1962); M. microclava (Balogh, 1962); M. rostrodentatus (Hammer, 1977); Perscheloribates conjuges (Hammer, 1967); P. keriensis (Hammer, 1967); P. monodactylus (Zandalinas, 1987).

A revision of the genus Bubastes Laporte & Gory, 1836 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4832 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-75
Author(s):  
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ ◽  
MARK HANLON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
South Wales

Taxonomic revision of the genus Bubastes Laporte & Gory, 1836. Thirteen new species are described: Bubastes barkeri sp. nov. (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria), B. deserta sp. nov. (South Australia), B. dichroa sp. nov. (Western Australia), B. flavocaerulea sp. nov. (New South Wales, Queensland), B. hasenpuschi sp. nov. (Queensland), B. iridiventris sp. nov. (Western Australia), B. iris sp. nov. (Western Australia), B. macmillani sp. nov. (Western Australia), B. magnifica sp. nov. (Queensland, New South Wales), B. michaelpowelli sp. nov. (Western Australia), B. pilbarensis sp. nov. (Western Australia), B. remota sp. nov. (Northern Territory) and B. viridiaurea sp. nov. (Western Australia). The following seventeen new synonyms are proposed: Bubastes thomsoni Obenberger, 1928, syn. nov. = B. australasiae Obenberger, 1922, B. olivina Obenberger, 1920, syn. nov. = Neraldus bostrychoides Théry 1910, B. boisduvali Obenberger, 1941, syn. nov. = B. erbeni Obenberger, 1941, B. borealis Obenberger, 1941, syn. nov. = B. globicollis Thomson, 1879, B. laticollis Blackburn, 1888, syn. nov. = B. globicollis Thomson, 1879, B. simillima Obenberger, 1922, syn. nov. = B. globicollis Thomson, 1879, B. obscura Obenberger, 1922, syn. nov. = B. inconsistans Thomson, 1879, B. septentrionalis Obenberger, 1941, syn. nov. = B. inconsistans Thomson, 1879, B. viridicupraea Obenberger, 1922, syn. nov. = B. inconsistans Thomson, 1879, B. blackburni Obenberger, 1941, syn. nov. = B. kirbyi Obenberger, 1928, B. chapmani Obenberger, 1941, syn. nov. = B. kirbyi Obenberger, 1928, B. aenea Obenberger, 1922, syn. nov. = B. niveiventris Obenberger, 1922, B. saundersi Obenberger, 1928, syn. nov. = B. odewahni Obenberger, 1928, B. occidentalis Blackburn, 1891, syn. nov. = B. sphaenoida Laporte & Gory, 1836, B. persplendens Obenberger, 1920, syn. nov. = B. sphaenoida Laporte & Gory, 1836, B. splendens Blackburn, 1891, syn. nov. = B. sphaenoida Laporte & Gory, 1836 and B. strandi Obenberger, 1920, syn. nov. = B. suturalis Carter, 1915. Neotype is designated and redescribed for Bubastes cylindrica W. J. Macleay, 1888 and lectotypes are designated for Bubastes thomsoni Obenberger, 1928 and B. leai Carter, 1924. Morphological characters of the genus are presented and all species are illustrated (incl. historical types) and a key is provided for all species of the genus. 

A Morphological and Electrophoretic Examination of Hydrobia Buccinoides, a Variable Brackish-Water Gastropod From Temperate Australia (Mollusca, Hydrobiidae)

1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 661 ◽  
Author(s):  
WF Ponder ◽  
GA Clark
Keyword(s):  
Brackish Water ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Intrapopulation Variation ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Western Australian

The morphology of the abundant brackish-water hydrobiid snail known as 'Hydrobia buccinoides' is described. A new genus, Ascorhis, is provided for it and the valid species name for the southern (South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania) and eastern (New South Wales, Queensland) populations is shown to be victoriae T. Woods. The species name buccinoides is based on Assiminea tasmanica and is an earlier name for that species. Morphological and allozyme differences indicate that the Western Australian populations should be distinguished as a separate species and a new name (A. occidua) is provided for these. Both species show a considerable intrapopulation variation in shell sculpture. Salinity tolerance experiments on three Sydney populations indicate that Ascorhis victoriae tolerates a wide range of salinities, the middle of the preferred range being about that of normal seawater.

scholarly journals A new genus and two new species of miniature clingfishes from temperate southern Australia (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 864 ◽  
pp. 35-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin W. Conway ◽  
Glenn I. Moore ◽  
Adam P. Summers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Adhesive Disc ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
The Many

A new genus and two new species of miniature clingfishes are described based on specimens collected from dense stands of macroalgae in intertidal and shallow subtidal areas along the coast of southern Australia. The new genus, Barryichthys, is distinguished from other genera of the Gobiesocidae by unique features of the adhesive disc, including elongate papillae in adhesive disc regions A and B, the reduction and/or loss of several elements of the cephalic lateral line canals, the lower gill arch skeleton, and the neurocranium, and by having two distinct types of pectoral-fin rays. Barryichthyshutchinsi is described based on 19 specimens (12.4–18.7 mm SL) from Western Australia and South Australia. Barryichthysalgicola is described based on 22 specimens (9.0–21.0 mm SL) from Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. The new species are distinguished from each other by characters of body and head shape, vertebral counts, and aspects of live colour pattern. The new genus shares several characters in common with Parvicrepis, another genus of miniature gobiesocids from southern Australia that also inhabits macroalgae habitats. The many reductions and novel characters of Barryichthys are discussed within the context of miniaturisation.

A new genus, Alainchabaudia (Nematoda: Spirurinae), from coraciform birds in Australia

Parasitology ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Mawson
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Buccal Capsule ◽  
The Other ◽  
South Australian Museum ◽  
Australian Museum ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The University

A new genus, Alainchabaudia, is proposed, apparently close to Hartertia, but differing in the presence of modifications of the anterior end of the buccal capsule, which is prolonged dorsally and ventrally and ends in four submedian teeth. Two species are included: the type species, C. alcedinis sp.nov., from Halcyon sanctus (Queensland and South Australia) and Dacelo gigas (New South Wales); and A. aegotheles (Johnston & Mawson) syn. Habronema aegotheles J. & M., from Aegotheles cristata (South Australia).The specimens from Queensland were lent by Dr John Pearson of the School of Parasitology of the University of Queensland. The bodies of the other two birds were sent to me for dissection, Dacelo gigas by Mr H. J. de S. Disney, Curator of Birds in the Australian Museum, Sydney, and Halcyon sanctus by Mr H. Condon, Curator of Birds in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide. I am most grateful to these gentlemen for their assistance.

Aphyonid-clade species of Australia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with four species new to Australian waters and a new species of Barathronus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4564 (2) ◽  
pp. 554 ◽  
Author(s):  
JØRGEN G. NIELSEN ◽  
JOHN J. POGONOSKI ◽  
SHARON A. APPLEYARD
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Coi Barcoding ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northeastern Atlantic

During voyages in 2017 off southern and southeastern Australia, the Australian Research Vessel Investigator deployed a series of demersal beam trawls to depths of around 5000 metres. Nineteen specimens of the rarely caught aphyonid-clade of the ophidiiform family Bythitidae, representing five species, were caught. Four of these are new to Australian waters:  Barathronus pacificus Nielsen and Eagle, 1974 known from the northeastern and southwestern Pacific Ocean, Paraphyonus bolini (Nielsen, 1974) known from the western Indian and western Pacific Oceans, Paraphyonus rassi (Nielsen, 1975) known from the Atlantic Ocean and Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899, known from the northeastern Atlantic and northeastern and southwestern Pacific Oceans. Also included are Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878 known from all oceans including ten specimens from Australian waters, Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 known from South Africa to the westernmost Pacific including 13 specimens from Australian waters, Sciadonus longiventralis Nielsen, 2018 known from the holotype collected off New South Wales and finally Barathronus algrahami n. sp. known from the holotype caught off South Australia and four paratypes from off Taiwan and northern Philippines. Close examination of specimens collected during recent voyages combined with recent and ongoing studies by the first author and DNA COI barcoding analysis enabled an assessment of the aphyonid-clade species hitherto recorded from Australian waters. An identification key to the eight aphyonid clade species known from Australian waters is provided. 

Schistonchus molochi sp. n. and S. athertonensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Ficus watkinsiana (Moraceae) in Australia

Nematology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerrie A. Davies ◽  
Faerlie Bartholomaeus ◽  
Natsumi Kanzaki ◽  
Robin M. Giblin-Davis
Keyword(s):  
Excretory Pore ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Nerve Ring ◽  
South Wales ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Pore Opening ◽  
Tail Tip

Ficus watkinsiana (sub-genus Urostigma, Section Stilpnophyllum) is endemic to Australia, growing in two disjunct populations, one in north-eastern Queensland and the other in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Schistonchus molochi sp. n. is described from F. watkinsiana in Queensland, Australia, and differentiated from other species of Schistonchus by a combination of morphological characters including having the excretory pore opening near the nerve ring, a broad head, a large, strongly sclerotised, stylet, a distinct lip sector disc with raised edges, a long post-uterine sac, rose-thorn-shaped spicule, no gubernaculum, three pairs of subventral papillae on the tail (one pair pre-cloacal on the anterior lip, one pair adcloacal on the posterior lip, and one slightly posterior to mid-tail) and bluntly rounded tail tip, and apparent biogeographical range. Presence of the lip sector disc suggests that it is closest to S. macrophylla. Schistonchus athertonensis sp. n. is also described from F. watkinsiana in Queensland and is characterised by a combination of morphological characters, including having the excretory pore opening near the nerve ring, a medium length post-uterine sac, presence of vulval flap in some specimens, rose-thorn-shaped spicule, no gubernaculum, and three pairs of subventral papillae on the tail (one pair adcloacal on the posterior lip, one at three to four-fifths of the tail length and one near the tip), a narrowly rounded tail tip, and apparent biogeographical range. Morphospecies 8, originally collected from F. obliqua, was also collected from F. watkinsiana in Queensland, and S. altermacrophylla was found with it in South Australia. These collections are further evidence of host-switching within Schistonchus.

scholarly journals Major Gene Resistance to Blackleg in Brassica napus Overcome Within Three Years of Commercial Production in Southeastern Australia

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Sprague ◽  
S. J. Marcroft ◽  
H. L. Hayden ◽  
B. J. Howlett
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
New South ◽  
Major Gene ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Polygenic Resistance ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Major Gene Resistance ◽  
Resistance Breakdown

The infection by Leptosphaeria maculans of Brassica napus cultivars with major gene resistance derived from Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris was studied in southeastern Australia. Following the commercial release of these cultivars in Australia in 2000, plants with stem cankers were first reported in 2002 at two geographically isolated regions in South Australia and New South Wales. In 2003, this study showed that the major gene resistance had been overcome in an area of approximately 50,000 ha in South Australia and in two fields in New South Wales (0.5 and 30 ha). There was no relationship between disease severity and incidence in 2003 and the proximity to the sites where resistance breakdown occurred in 2002. At some locations, the frequency of isolates able to overcome the B. rapa subsp. sylvestris-derived resistance had increased between 2002 and 2003. Isolates cultured from canola cultivars with either B. rapa subsp. sylvestris-derived resistance or polygenic resistance showed host specificity when inoculated onto cultivars with B. rapa subsp. sylvestris-derived or polygenic resistance, respectively. The most likely cause of the resistance breakdown was the rapid increase in frequency of L. maculans isolates virulent on this particular resistance source. The selection pressure leading to this increased frequency was probably mediated by the planting of cultivars harboring the major resistance gene in the same locations for a 3-year period, and the ability of the pathogen to produce large numbers of asexual and sexual spores.

Morphology and relationships of a new species of Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales and Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 961 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE ◽  
LAUREN M. HOLLINGTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales ◽  
A New Species

The henicopid centipede Henicops Newport, 1845, is common and widespread in wet forests in Australia and New Zealand. A new species of Henicops, H. washpoolensis, is widely distributed in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, ranging into the wet tropics of north Queensland. Parsimony analysis of morphological characters identifies the monophyly of an Australasian group within Henicops relative to more distantly allied species from Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia. The most parsimonious cladograms unite the three species from southeastern Australia and New Zealand to the exclusion of congeners from Western Australia and north Queensland or unite all Australasian species to the exclusion of H. washpoolensis.

In A Fix: Fixed-Term Parliaments in the Australian States

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-298
Author(s):  
Peter Congdon
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
South Wales

Constitutional systems of Westminster heritage are increasingly moving towards fixed-term parliaments to, amongst other things, prevent the Premier or Prime Minister opportunistically calling a ‘snap election’. Amongst the Australian states, qualified fixed-term parliaments currently exist in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia have also deliberated over whether to establish similar fixed-term parliaments. However, manner and form provisions in those states' constitutions entrench the Parliament's duration, Governor's Office and dissolution power. In Western Australia and Queensland, unlike Tasmania, such provisions are doubly entrenched. This article considers whether these entrenching provisions present legal obstacles to constitutional amendments establishing fixed-term parliaments in those two states. This involves examining whether laws fixing parliamentary terms fall within section 6 of the Australia Acts 1986 (Cth) & (UK). The article concludes by examining recent amendments to the Electoral Act 1907 (WA) designed to enable fixed election dates in Western Australia without requiring a successful referendum.

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