Additional Specimens of Two Rare Rails and Comments on the GenusTricholimnasof New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island

1982 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Fullagar ◽  
H.J. De S. Disney ◽  
R. De Naurois
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
Lord Howe Island

Phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian centipede Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): A combined morphological and molecular approach

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Colgan ◽  
Gregory Edgecombe ◽  
Deirdre Sharkey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Eastern Australia

AbstractThe lithobiomorph centipede Henicops is widely distributed in Australia and New Zealand, with five described species, as well as two species in New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island. Parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of ca. 800 aligned bases of sequence data from 16S rRNA and 28S rRNA were conducted on a dataset including multiple individuals of Henicops species from populations sampled from different parts of species' geographic ranges, together with the allied henicopines Lamyctes and Easonobius. Morphological characters are included in parsimony analyses. Molecular and combined datasets unite species from eastern Australia and New Zealand to the exclusion of species from Western Australia, New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island. The molecular data favour these two geographic groupings as clades, whereas inclusion of morphology resolves New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, southwest Western Australia and Queensland as successive sisters to southeastern Australia and New Zealand. The basal position of the Lord Howe Island species in the phylogeny favours a diversification of Australasian Henicops since the late Miocene unless the Lord Howe species originated in a biota that pre-dates the island. The molecular and combined data resolve the widespread morphospecies H. maculatus as paraphyletic, with its populations contributing to the geographic groupings New South Wales + New Zealand and Tasmania + Victoria.

Spodoptera mauritia. [Distribution map].

1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
Christmas Island ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Norfolk Island

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Spodoptera mauritia (Boisd.) including S. m. acronyctoides (Guen.)) Lep., Noctuidae) (Paddy Swarming Caterpillar or Rice Army Worm). Host Plants: Rice, maize, sugar cane and other Gramineae. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Andaman Islands, Bahrein Island, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos-Keeling Island, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Maldive Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sikkim, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, AFRICA, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Austral Islands-see Tubuai Islands., Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hawaii, Lord Howe Island, Marianas Islands, Marquesas Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua and New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tubuai, Irian Jaya.

New species of Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Crotoniidae) from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands: further evidence of long-distance dispersal events in the biogeography of a genus of Gondwanan relict oribatid mites

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2650 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
MATTHEW J. COLLOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Long Distance Dispersal ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Norfolk Island

Three new species of oribatid mite belonging to the genus Crotonia are described: one from Lord Howe Island (C. gorgonia sp. nov.) and two (C. norfolkensis sp. nov. and C. utricularia sp. nov.) from Norfolk Island, South-west Pacific. Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov. belongs to the Capistrata species group which reaches its highest diversity in Australia but is absent from New Zealand. Crotonia norfolkensis sp. nov. is a member of the Cophinaria group, recorded from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, but with closest morphological similarity to C. brachyrostrum (Hammer, 1966) from New Zealand. Crotonia utricularia sp. nov. belongs to the Unguifera group, which reaches its highest diversity in New Zealand, is absent from Australia, and is present on Vanuatu and the Marquesas. The distribution of members of the species-groups of Crotonia in the south-western Pacific indicates that the species from Lord Howe Island has affinities with species from Australia, while the species from Norfolk Island are both most similar to species from New Zealand, and represents further evidence of the capacity of Crotonia spp. for long-distance dispersal to oceanic islands.

scholarly journals A new species ofTriteSimon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Zealand, with remarks onTriterelationships and radiation

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Patoleta ◽  
Marek Żabka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Alternative Scenarios ◽  
A New Species

A species known from earlier behavioural studies as “Holoplatys sp.”, is described asTrite pollardisp. nov. Within the genusTrite, two species groups are distinguished: theplaniceps-group (found in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island) and theincognita-group (limited to New Zealand). The three alternative scenarios of theTriteorigin, relationships and radiation in New Zealand, New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island are discussed. Three species are considered to be excluded fromTrite.

Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum sp. nov., the first representative of the beetle tribe Gymnochilini (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from Baltic amber

2016 ◽  
Vol 107 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Kolibáč ◽  
Vitalii Alekseev
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
The Family

ABSTRACTBased on two well-preserved specimens from late Eocene Baltic amber, a new fossil species belonging to the family Trogossitidae, Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum sp. nov., is described. This is the second known fossil species of the tribe Gymnochilini and the second known species of the genus Seidlitzella. The systematic and biogeographical relations of the genus to other members of the Gymnochilini are discussed. It is hypothesised that the extant eastern Mediterranean species Seidlitzella procera may be phylogenetically related to the genus Phanodesta, today distributed in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Juan Fernandez Island and Sulawesi.

Revision of the old world Holothyridae (Arachnida : Anactinotrichida : Holothyrina)

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
PT Lehtinen
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fly River ◽  
Taxonomic Categories

A revised classification of the Holothyridae is presented. The family is restricted to archipelagoes from Melanesia to the Seychelles, with no known records from any continent. Evolution of holothyrid characters, phylogenetic relationships of the eight holothyrid genera and criteria for taxonomic categories in Holothyridae are discussed.Holothyrus braueri Thon, 1905, from the Seychelle Islands, is selected as the type species of a new genus, Sternothyrus. A new genus, Lindothyrus, is created for L. rubellus, sp. nov., from the western coast of New Caledonia, and L. elongatus, sp. nov., from Lord Howe Island, Australia. Indothyrus greeni, gen. et sp. nov., is described from Sri Lanka. Hammenius (Leiothyrus) Hammen, 1983 is raised to generic rank and Holothyrus nitidissimus Thorell, 1882 from the Fly River, and H. armatus Canestrini from Tamara Island (Aitape), both New Guinea, are included in this genus. The two previously known New Guinean genera, Thonius Lehtinen, 1981 and Hammenius Lehtinen, 1981, are redefined and relimited, and their type species are redescribed. Five new holothyrid taxa are described from New Guinea: Thonius mendi from the Strickland River, T. berlesei from an unknown locality, Hammenius fujuge iora from the Central district, Oro Province, H. grandjeani gressitti from Mt Bosavi, and H. insularis from the Louisiade Archipelago. Holothyrus Gervais, 1842 is restricted to two species from Mauritius only. A new genus, Haplothyrus, is created for the New Caledonian species H. expolitissimus Berlese, 1924 and for H. hyatti, sp. nov., from an unknown locality. Haplothyrus is characterised by the possession of a single female genital valve instead of four valves, as in all other genera of this suborder. The poorly described Seychellian species with no preserved material could not be revised.

scholarly journals Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster

2008 ◽  
Vol 276 (1659) ◽  
pp. 1055-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R Buckley ◽  
Dilini Attanayake ◽  
Sven Bradler
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Stick Insect ◽  
Molecular Dating ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Stick Insects ◽  
Traditional Classification ◽  
Additional Support

The ‘tree lobsters’ are an enigmatic group of robust, ground-dwelling stick insects (order Phasmatodea) from the subfamily Eurycanthinae, distributed in New Guinea, New Caledonia and associated islands. Its most famous member is the Lord Howe Island stick insect Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier), which was believed to have become extinct but was rediscovered in 2001 and is considered to be one of the rarest insects in the world. To resolve the evolutionary position of Dryococelus , we constructed a phylogeny from approximately 2.4 kb of mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data from representatives of all major phasmatodean lineages. Our data placed Dryococelus and the New Caledonian tree lobsters outside the New Guinean Eurycanthinae as members of an unrelated Australasian stick insect clade, the Lanceocercata. These results suggest a convergent origin of the ‘tree lobster’ body form. Our reanalysis of tree lobster characters provides additional support for our hypothesis of convergent evolution. We conclude that the phenotypic traits leading to the traditional classification are convergent adaptations to ground-living behaviour. Our molecular dating analyses indicate an ancient divergence (more than 22 Myr ago) between Dryococelus and its Australian relatives. Hence, Dryococelus represents a long-standing separate evolutionary lineage within the stick insects and must be regarded as a key taxon to protect with respect to phasmatodean diversity.

scholarly journals First record of the Kermadec Clingfish, Flexor incus Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018 (Gobiesocidae), from New Caledonia and Australia

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 769-773
Author(s):  
Kyoji Fujiwara ◽  
Kevin W. Conway ◽  
Hiroyuki Motomura
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Standard Length ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Lord Howe Island

Two specimens (17.1 and 29.1 mm standard length) of Flexor incus Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018 (Gobiesocidae) were collected from New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island, Australia. The species and genus were originally described on the basis of 15 specimens from the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, where the genus has been considered endemic. The two specimens reported herein represent the first records of F. incus from New Caledonia and Australia.

Othreis fullonia. [Distribution map].

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
Christmas Island ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Caroline Islands ◽  
New Hebrides

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Othreis fullonia (Cl.) (Ophideres fullonica L.) (Lepid., Noctuidae) (Fruit-piercing Moth). Host Plants: Citrus, mango, papaya, guava, banana, tomato. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Andaman Islands, Bhutan, Burma, China, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sikkim, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, North AFRICA, Angola, Cameroun, Dahomey, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Principe, Réunion, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, South-West Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Lord Howe Island, Marianas Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tubuai, Wallis Islands, Irian Jaya.

Morphological and molecular data support reinstatement of Spiridens muelleri Hampe (Bryophyta: Hypnodendraceae), a Lord Howe Island endemic

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Meagher ◽  
Michael J. Bayly
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Nuclear Rdna ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Island Endemic ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

For more than 75 years, the Lord Howe Island moss Spiridens muelleri Hampe has been considered conspecific with Spiridens vieillardii Schimp., originally described from New Caledonia. A comparison of morphological characters not previously considered, along with DNA sequences from three chloroplast loci (trnL–trnF, rps4–trnS, rpl32–trnL) and ITS-2 of nuclear rDNA, supports their recognition as separate species.

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