Australocosmica,A New Genus of Land Snails from the Kimberley, Western Australia (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae)

Malacologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Land Snails

Salsolaius gen. nov. a new genus of Apalochrini (Coleoptera, Melyridae, Malachiinae) from the salt Lake Way of Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5082 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-400
Author(s):  
ZHENHUA LIU ◽  
ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI ◽  
HONG PANG
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Salt Lakes ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male Specific

Apalochrini comprises nearly half of the genera of Australian Melyridae, which are all recognized by male specific characters, and are commonly found on grasses, flowers and riverside or seashore rocks. Here we describe a new genus Salsolaius gen. nov. from Lake Way of Western Australia, representing the first known genus of Australian Melyridae inhabitating in salt lakes. The new genus can be easily distinguished by asymmetrically biserrate antennae and exposed apical abdomen from above in both male and female, the former characters is firstly found in Melyridae. Consequently, Salsolaius biserratus sp. nov. was described as the type species of this genus. An updated key to genera of Australian Apalochrini is provided.  

scholarly journals Revision of Chondrocyclus s.l. (Mollusca: Cyclophoridae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary L. Cole
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Land Snails ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Habitat Specialists ◽  
Indigenous Forest ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Species Descriptions

Chondrocyclus Ancey, 1898 is a genus of nine species of African operculate land snails restricted to indigenous forest and mesic thicket. Worn specimens (i.e., without a periostracum or operculum), on which some species descriptions and records were based, appear to be indistinguishable morphologically. A comprehensive revision of Chondrocyclus s.l. is provided here based on comparative morphological examinations of the shell, protoconch, periostracum, operculum, radula and penis, and on mitochondrial genes cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA. Two genus-level lineages are recognised, Chondrocyclus s.s. and Afrocyclus gen. nov. Revised species descriptions are given for seven species. Two species, C. meredithae Bruggen, 1983 and C. chirindae Bruggen, 1986 both from north of South Africa, are removed from Chondrocyclus. Twelve new species are described: C. herberti sp. nov., C. silvicolus sp. nov., C. amathole sp. nov., C. pondoensis sp. nov., C. devilliersi sp. nov., C. pulcherrimus sp. nov., C. cooperae sp. nov., C. langebergensis sp. nov., C. kevincolei sp. nov., A. oxygala gen. et sp. nov., A. potteri gen. et sp. nov. and A. bhaca gen. et sp. nov. This is the first detailed systematic revision of an Afrotropical cyclophorid group to include morphological and molecular data. This study complements research on other taxa of low-vagility forest-dwelling habitat specialists by providing comparative distribution data for an independent, widespread group. Such evidence is urgently needed for conservation of South Africa’s threatened forest biome.

scholarly journals Adelphacme (Loganiaceae), a new genus from south-western Australia.

Telopea ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
KL Gibbons ◽  
BJ Conn ◽  
MJ Henwood
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus

scholarly journals A new genus and two new species of groundwater paramelitid amphipods from the Pilbara, Western Australia: a combined molecular and morphological approach

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrie L. Finston ◽  
Michael S. Johnson ◽  
Stefan M. Eberhard ◽  
James S. Cocking ◽  
Jane M. McRae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Morphological Approach

Repeated evolution of an undescribed morphotype of Rhagada (Gastropoda : Camaenidae) from the inland Pilbara, Western Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë R. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Land Snails ◽  
Shell Morphology ◽  
16S Rrna Genes ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Broad Distribution ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Coastal Species ◽  
Repeated Evolution ◽  
Harsh Conditions

An undescribed small, banded morphotype of Rhagada land snails occurs widely in the rocky inland Pilbara region, Western Australia. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA genes revealed that this novel morphotype is polyphyletic, comprising four distinct major clades, with divergences up to 21.4% at COI. These clades are apparently morphologically cryptic, with no obvious shell differences. Two of these species are associated with the major clade of Rhagada in the Pilbara mainland, one of which appears to be a variant of the larger, more globose species R. pilbarana, which occurs within 20km proximity. The other two small, banded species are phylogenetically distinct from each other and all other known Rhagada. This small, banded morphotype shows evidence for both plesiomorphy and homoplasy. The morphotype has evolved independently at least twice, and is associated with the reasonably uniform habitat and harsh conditions in the elevated hinterland of the inland Pilbara. The broad distribution of the inland, small, banded morphotype conforms to the pattern of broad-scale uniformity of shells of the more coastal species of Rhagada. Its repeated evolution, however, confirms that the morphological uniformity is not simply because of common ancestry, supporting the theory that shell form in Rhagada is adapted to a broadly homogenous environment. Shell morphology in this genus has been demonstrated on more than one occasion to have the potential to adapt to different available environments, and hence shells should be used with a degree of caution for taxonomic interpretation.

A new genus of Syllidae (Polychaeta) from Western Australia

2003 ◽  
pp. 191-197
Author(s):  
Guillermo San Martín ◽  
Eduardo López
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus

A new genus for an Australian thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) presumed predatory on a waxy eriococcid (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1645 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURENCE A. MOUND ◽  
ALICE WELLS
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Circumstantial Evidence ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Single Female ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Callococcithrips gen.n. is erected for the species Rhynchothrips fuscipennis Moulton that lives only among the protective waxy secretions of an eriococcid on Kunzea in south-eastern Australia. Larvae and adults of this thrips move rapidly amongst the sticky wax strands, and their maxillary stylets are unusually long and convoluted. Circumstantial evidence suggests that the thrips is predatory on immature stages of the eriococcid. Also transferred to this genus is Liothrips atratus Moulton, based on a single female from Western Australia.

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