The status ofViola betonicifolia Sm. in New Guinea

1963 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
D. M. Moore
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
The Status

scholarly journals Origin of the eastern brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) in New Guinea: evidence of multiple dispersals from Australia, and comments on the status of Pseudonaja textilis pughi Hoser 2003

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1703 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID J. WILLIAMS ◽  
MARK O'SHEA ◽  
ROLAND L. DAGUERRE ◽  
CATHARINE E. POOK ◽  
WOLFGANG WÜSTER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Arnhem Land ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Western Migration

Pseudonaja textilis is a widespread and common snake in eastern parts of Australia, but its distribution in New Guinea is poorly understood, and the origin of the New Guinea populations and its timing have been the subject of much speculation. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences from three New Guinea populations of P. textilis indicates that New Guinea was colonised from two independent eastern and western migration routes most likely in the Pleistocene. One dispersal event from northern Queensland led to the populations in eastern New Guinea (Milne Bay, Oro and Central Provinces, Papua New Guinea), whereas another, from Arnhem Land to central southern New Guinea, led to the populations from the Merauke area, Indonesian Papua. The results are consistent with the effects of Pleistocene sea level changes on the physical geography of Australasia, and are thus suggestive of a natural rather than anthropogenic origin of the New Guinea populations. The taxonomic status of the New Guinean populations is discussed.

Drudges, Shrews, and Unfit Mothers

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-33
Author(s):  
John Barker
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Southeastern Coast ◽  
The Status ◽  
Moral Discourses ◽  
Large Corpus ◽  
London Missionary Society

Abstract Among the first Europeans to encounter and settle on the southeastern coast of New Guinea, members of the London Missionary Society contributed a large corpus of publications concerning indigenous peoples from the mid-1870s until the rise of professional anthropology in the 1920s. While these works focus mainly on the activities and concerns of men, women provide a key index of “civilization” relative to the working British middle class from which most missionaries came. This essay provides a survey of the portrayal of women in this literature over three partly overlapping periods, demonstrating a shift from racialist to moral discourses on the status of Papuan women – a shift that reflects transitions in both missionary and anthropological assumptions during this period.

NEW TAXA IN PAPHIA AND DIMORPHANTHERA (ERICACEAE) IN PAPUASIA AND THE PROBLEM OF GENERIC LIMITS IN VACCINIEAE

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. STEVENS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Sw Pacific ◽  
The Status ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Made In

New species of Ericaceae recently collected in Papua New Guinea necessitate a re-evaluation of the status of Agapetes subgenus Paphia section Paphia. The combination of molecular and morphological data confirms that Agapetes, currently a genus of about 100 species from Fiji, New Caledonia and Queensland to mainland SE Asia, and most diverse in the latter area, cannot be maintained in its current circumscription. Various taxonomic solutions that do justice to our current knowledge of the morphology and relationships of the two main parts of the genus are discussed. The reinstatement of Paphia does least violence nomenclaturally. All 23 taxa recognized in Paphia are listed, 14 new combinations of Agapetes from the New Guinea–SW Pacific area are made in Paphia, three new species are described (P. megaphylla, P. vulcanicola and P. woodsii), and an incompletely known taxon is characterized. A key to all taxa is presented. In Dimorphanthera, five new species are described (D. angiliensis, D. anomala, D. antennifera, D. cratericola and D. inopinata), three reduced to synonymy, one reduced to a variety and one variety recognized as a species (D. continua). A key to the 87 taxa currently recognized in the genus is presented.

Revision of Neorthostigma Belokobylskij, 1998 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) with description of a new species from Papua New Guinea

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 31-47
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Peris-Felipo ◽  
Julia Stigenberg ◽  
Donald L. J. Quicke ◽  
Sergey A. Belokobylskij
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
The Status ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The status of the genus Neorthostigma Belokobylskij, 1998 is re-established as a result of additional morphological studies. A new species, N. braetisp. nov., from Papua New Guinea is described and illustrated. Aspilota brachyclypeataFischer 1978 is transferred to Neorthostigma, hence N. brachyclypeata (Fischer, 1978), comb. nov. A new synonym is suggested, Aspilota macrops Stelfox & Graham, 1951 = Neorthostigma eoum Belokobylskij, 1998, syn. nov.; A. macrops is transferred to Neorthostigma. This genus is additionally recorded in the Western Palaearctic (Norway) and Australasian (Papua New Guinea) regions for the first time. A key for the determination of the three known species of Neorthostigma is provided.

On the status and relationships of the gecko species Gehyra barea Kopstein 1926, with description of new specimens and a range extension

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2354 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL OLIVER ◽  
MARK SISTROM ◽  
BURHAN TJATURADI ◽  
KELIOPAS KREY ◽  
STEPHEN RICHARDS
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
The West ◽  
Banda Islands ◽  
The Status ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Distinct Taxon

Gehyra barea is a poorly known gecko species from the southern Banda Islands, Maluku Province, Indonesia, that has received scant attention since it was described in 1926. A combination of morphological characters distinguish the types of this species from all other described Gehyra, and suggest that it is a distinct taxon. These same morphological characters occur in two recently collected specimens from the Raja Ampat Islands, just off the west coast of New Guinea, that we assign to this species, extending the known range of the taxon by over six hundred kilometres. We provide a revised and extended diagnosis and description of the species based on these new specimens. Morphological and genetic data from these specimens indicate G. barea is closely related to Gehyra baliola from further east in southern New Guinea, and that these species form a clade with Geyhra oceanica. Gehyra is a taxonomically challenging group, and the status of most species from the Melanesian region is in need of review.

Revision of the genus Spathiostenus Belokobylskij 1992 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Doryctinae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Belokobylskij
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Status

AbstractThe species of the genus Spathiostenus Belokobylskij, 1992 are revised and illustrated. A redescription of the type species Eucorystes formosanus Watanabe, 1934 is given. Two new species are described: S. brevicauda sp. nov. from New Guinea and S. pasohus sp. nov. from Malaysia and Brunei. A new synonym (Eucorystes formosanus Watanabe, 1934 = Eucorystes tenuis Nixon, 1943, syn. nov.) and a new combination [Polystenus anacolus (Chen & Shi, 2004), comb. n.] are suggested. The transformation of the first tergite into the petiole in Doryctinae and the status of the genus Spathiostenus are discussed.

scholarly journals Vegetation changes following human disturbance of mid-montane forest in the Wau area, Papua New Guinea

1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan L. C. H. Van Valkenburg ◽  
Pieter Ketner
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Human Disturbance ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Major Change ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Vegetation Changes ◽  
The Status ◽  
Undisturbed Forest ◽  
Disturbed Forest

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the floristic changes that occur following human disturbance in mid-montane forest in the Wau area in Papua New Guinea. The study was restricted to a 1600–2400 m altitudinal range on Mt Kaindi, with disturbed forest, and Mt Missim, with undisturbed forest. Special attention was given to the status of Nothofagus pullei which is locally dominant on Mt Kaindi.A major change in floristic composition was observed between 1800 and 2000 m. The abundance and species composition of ferns and mosses above 2000 m characterizes the floristic differences. Nothofagus pullei was found to be a pioneer species with a long life-span, one which does not regenerate under its own cover. There were no other important floristic differences between Notho-fagus-dominated forest and mixed mid-montane forest. Nothofagus pullei locally dominates the canopy and thereby suppresses the growth of other trees.

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