Pocsia Mucronata, a new Foliicolous Lichen from Lord Howe Island, Australia

1999 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales

AbstractPocsia mucronata P. M. McCarthy sp. nov. (incert. sed.) is described from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. This foliicolous lichen inhabits leaves of the endemic palm, Howea forsteriana.

New Foliicolous Species of Strigula from Lord Howe Island, Australia

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. McCarthy ◽  
H. Streimann ◽  
J. A. Elix
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales

AbstractStrigula fossulicola sp. nov. and S. oceanica sp. nov. are described from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. They inhabit the leaves of endemic shrubs and trees and are distinguished by ascospores that fracture at the septum prior to maturity.

New and interesting Saxicolous species of strigula

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.M. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales

AbstractThe saxicolous Strigula fractans sp. nov. and S. rupestris sp. now are described from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. A new combination, S. decipiens (Malme) P. M. McCarthy, is proposed for Porina decipiens Malme, and a key to the 17 saxicolous species of Strigula is provided.

The utilization of parasites of oriental fruit fly (Dacus dorsalis) against Queensland fruit fly (Strumeta tryoni)

1962 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 443 ◽  
Author(s):  
GJ Snowball ◽  
F Wilson ◽  
TG Campbell ◽  
RG Lukins
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Oriental Fruit Fly ◽  
Dacus Dorsalis ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Fruit Samples

In 1950, a programme was initiated to utilize against the Queensland fruit fly (Strumeta tryoni) parasites which were introduced during 1948–1950 into Hawaii, where they produced a considerable reduction in the incidence of oriental fruit fly (Dacus dorsalis). The present paper describes the work carried out under this programme up to October 1959. During 1951–1957 the emphasis was on rearing, at Sydney, on Queensland fruit fly, stocks of Opius longicaudatus and O. oophilus from small stocks imported from Hawaii. It was found that O. oophilus, O. vandenboschi, and O. longicaudatus could parasitize Queensland fruit fly in the laboratory, and that O. longicaudatus could parasitize the Solanum fruit fly, Strumeta cacuminata, which occurs widely in the distribution area of the Queensland fruit fly and hence might act as a valuable alternative host for the parasites. Liberations were made at Coffs Harbour and Sydney in New South Wales in 1956–1957 of 21 000 O. longicaudatus and 1 700 O. oophilus, but establishment was apparently not achieved. The programme was changed in 1957 to provide for larger releases over n much wider area. In view of production difficulties at Sydney, a field station was set up in Hawaii to rear parasites, which were shipped to Australia by air, checked in quarantine at Sydney, and despatched to various parts of Australia for liberation. Between March 1958 and October 1959 the following numbers of foreign parasites were liberated: O. oophilus, 229 200; O. vandenboschi, 28 100; O. longicaudatus and closely related species, 198 700; O. incisi, 27 100; Dirhinus giffardii, 2 500; Tetrastichus giffardianus, 2 500; and Syntomosphyrum indicum, 3 200. The liberations in 1958–1959 were made at 25 locations in New South Wales, 59 in Queensland, 12 in Western Australia, and 6 on Lord Howe Island. The liberations were made in the presence of populations of Queensland fruit fly in New South Wales, Queensland, and on Lord Howe Island, and of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in Western Australia. Data from a total of 185 fruit samples taken between January and August 1959 in New South Wales and Queensland indicate that O. oophilus was possibly established in five localities in New South Wales and two in Queensland, and that some field breeding had occurred of O. vandenboschi and O. longicaudatus in New South Wales. There were no recoveries indicating field breeding of the three species in central or north Queensland. The indications of establishment of O. oophilus are tentative because the relevant samples were taken before the parasite populations had been subjected to winter conditions. There were no recoveries of O. incisi, S. indicum, or T. giffardianus.

Catalogue of marine brown algae (Phaeophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJK Millar ◽  
GT Kraft
Keyword(s):  
Sea Urchin ◽  
Brown Algae ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Australian Continent ◽  
Intertidal Habitats ◽  
Species Being

This catalogue lists 139 species (in 12 orders, 26 families and 63 genera) of brown algae from New South Wales and Lord Howe Island. More than half (71) are endemic to Australia, with the remainder being very widely distributed (e.g. Europe, the Americas and Asia); 28 species have New South Wales type localities (14 from the mainland and 14 from Lord Howe Island). As a result of extensive searching of archival records, the exact locality of many 'Nov. Holl.' types is deduced to be the Sydney region of New South Wales. Four genera (Austronereia, Nemacystis, Nereia and Tomaculopsis) and 10 species are newly recorded, six species being new to the Australian continent. The largest genus represented is Sargassum, for which 37 species have been recorded, including 10 based on local types. Eleven of these Sargassum records are eliminated, the remaining 26 are in urgent need of regional monographic treatment. Eclipsed only by the Fucales (39 species in 9 genera), the order Dictyotales with 36 species in 13 genera, is the dominant group in terms of cover and possibly biomass along the mainland and at Lord Howe Island from low intertidal habitats to to depths of at least 35 m. In many areas of the seabed, brown algae and the cmstose corallines seem to be especially resilient to grazing by the sea-urchin Centrostephanis rodgersii which is presently besieging this coast.

Austrelater, gen. nov. (Coleoptera : Elateridae), with a description of the larva and comments on elaterid relationships

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
AA Calder ◽  
JF Lawrence ◽  
JW H Trueman
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Selection Of

Austrelater, gen, nov., is proposed for three new species, A. macphersonensisfrom New South Wales and southern Queensland, A. peckorum from North Queensland and A. howensis from Lord Howe Island. The reared larva of Austrelater macphersonensis, gen. et sp. nov., is described and figured. The phylogenetic relationships of the genus are discussed and a selection of adult and larval characters used in the cladistic analysis are discussed. The subfamily Lissominae is redefined to include Oestodes, Austrelater, Sphaenelater, Protelater and those taxa (Lissomus, Drapetes) formerly included in the Lissominae (usually in Throscidae or as Lissomidae).

An ecological approach to identifying the endangered fauna of New South Wales

1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 212 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Lunney ◽  
A. Curtin ◽  
D. Ayers ◽  
H. G. Cogger ◽  
C. R. Dickman
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
New South ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
The State ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Biological Variables ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Ecological Criteria ◽  
Baseline Status

This study used ecological criteria to evaluate systematically the conservation status of all mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs in New South Wales. The outcome was an official schedule of endangered fauna as defined under the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 as amended by the Endangered Fauna (Interim Protection) Act 1991. The work was modelled on the study by Millsap et al. (1990) which scored a range of biological variables and used expert opinion to determine priorities for conservation. The listing was undertaken by a statutory Scientific Committee and the results provided the first baseline status list for all species in New South Wales. Of the 883 faunal species (including 10 Lord Howe Island subspecies) identified in the state, 233 (26%) were recognized as endangered. Of these, 40 are considered to be extinct in New South Wales. Mammals constituted the worst affected group, with 77 (59%) of the 130 species recorded as endangered, of which 27 species are recorded as extinct in the state. The assessment of the New South Wales fauna also found that adequate ecological information exists for only 6% of the state's species. The outcome of this study not only provided the first official list of the endangered fauna of New South Wales and explained the methods and reasons for listing or excluding each species, but also furnished new material, ideas and directions for programmes to conserve the state's fauna.

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the marine algal order Gelidiales (Rhodophyta) from New South Wales, including Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan J. K. Millar ◽  
D. Wilson Freshwater
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Australian Continent ◽  
Red Algal ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Marine Algal

Fifteen species in seven genera of the marine benthic red algal order Gelidiales are reported from the New South Wales coast including Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Critical sampling, a re-examination of herbarium specimens filed in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and the University of Melbourne, and molecular sequencing of most of the species has determined that many of the previous identifications from this region of the Pacific were incorrect. Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis, once widely reported from this coast, is shown not to occur here and the specimens on which these misidentifications were made have proved to represent either new species or previously described species. Similarly, records of Gelidium australe J. Agardh have been found to represent misidentification of the formerly New Zealand endemic Gelidium allanii V.J.Chapman, and specimens identified as Gelidium caulacantheum J. Agardh actually represent the new species Gelidium hommersandii sp. nov. Previously recorded species verified in this study are Capreolia implexa Guiry & Womersley, Gelidiella acerosa (Forsskål) Feldmann & G.Hamel, Gelidium maidenii Lucas, Pterocladia lucida (Turner) J. Agardh, Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand [as Pterocladia caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices], Pterocladiella capillacea (Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand [as Pterocladia capillacea (Gmelin) Bornet], and Ptilophora pectinata (A. & E.S. Gepp) R.E.Norris. These species are described and illustrated in detail along with previously unreported reproductive structures. Three species are newly recorded for the New South Wales mainland [Parviphycus antipae Celan, Gelidium crinale (Turner) Gaillon, and Pterocladiella caloglossoides (Howe) Santelices], and two species (Gelidium isabelae W.R.Taylor and Gelidium allanii V.J.Chapman) represent new records for the Australian continent. In addition, three new species are described: Gelidium bernabei sp. nov., Gelidium declerckii sp. nov., and Gelidium hommersandii sp. nov.

Three New Species of Porina (Trichotheliaceae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractPorina howeana sp. nov., P. Mariae sp. nov. and P. ocellatoides sp. nov. are described from shaded basalt on Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia.

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