Late palaeocene Cupressaceae macrofossils at Lake Bungarby, New South Wales

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Soo Whang ◽  
Robert S. Hill
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Genera ◽  
South Wales

Four species of conifer macrofossils are described from the Late Palaeocene Lake Bungarby sediments in southern New South Wales. Two are assigned to the Cupressaceae and are considered to represent new species of Libocedrus, L. acutifolius and L. obtusifolius, although it is recognised that both share some characters with Austrocedrus. Two other fossils are considered to have less certain affinities with the Cupressaceae, although both have cuticular micromorphology that contains synapomorphies for that family. Both are assigned to new genera. Bungarbia linifolius has entire, petiolate, univeined leaves that resemble Metasequoia leaves, although the cuticular morphology is very distinct from that genus. Unfortunately, the phyllotaxis of Bungarbia is unknown. Monarophyllum has leaves in apparently opposite pairs, with the leaves bilaterally flattened. This combination of phyllotaxis and leaf flattening is currently unknown in the Cupressaceae.

Two new genera and five new species of Mugadina-like small grass cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini) from Central and Eastern Australia: comparative morphology, songs, behaviour and distributions

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4413 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. EWART
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Comparative Morphology ◽  
New Genera ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Semi Arid

Moulds (2012) established the genus Mugadina for two small cicadas, M. marshalli (Distant) and M. emma (Goding and Froggatt), both grass inhabiting species known from Queensland and New South Wales. Both species are notable for their relatively simple 'ticking' songs. Moulds further noted that there were at least two superficially similar genera of cicadas, but each with different genitalia. This paper describes two new genera of small (9–15 mm body lengths) and distinctive grass cicadas with genitalia that are very similar to those of Mugadina, but possess clear morphological, colour and calling song differences. The new genera are: Heremusina n. gen. with two known species namely H. udeoecetes n. sp. and H. pipatio n. sp.; the second new genus is Xeropsalta n. gen., containing four known species, X. thomsoni n. sp., X. aridula n. sp., X. rattrayi n. sp., and X. festiva n. comb. Heremusina n. gen. species are described from the Alice Springs area of Northern Territory and the Cloncurry area of northwest Queensland, from arid to semi arid habitats. The Xeropsalta n. gen. species are described from western, southwest and central Queensland, and from the Simpson and Strzelecki Deserts in northeastern South Australia and northwestern New South Wales, respectively, all locations in very arid to arid habitats, but close to seasonal (often irregular) rivers and lakes. X. festiva n. comb. occurs in semi arid habitats in southern and southeastern Australia.        Detailed taxonomic descriptions are provided of the new species, together with distributions, habitats, and the calling songs. The Heremusina species emit songs with short repetitive buzzing echemes, the echeme durations differing between each species. The Xeropsalta songs are notable for their complexity, containing multiple elements with rapid changes of amplitudes and temporal structures, rather atypical of the songs of most small grass dwelling cicadas. Detailed song structures distinguishing each of the species are illustrated and interpreted in each case in light of their respective taxonomic status. 

Marine serpulidae (Annelida : Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales

1967 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Straughan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Australian Museum ◽  
South Wales ◽  
First Time

Excluding the Spirorbidae, 41 species of marine serpulids were found, including two new genera and 14 new species. Of the remainder, one genus and eight species are recorded for the first time from Australia. Type specimens and representatives of other species collected have been deposited in the Australian Museum, Sydney.

New Terrestrial Amphipods (Amphipoda:Talitridae) From Australian Forests.

1982 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 461 ◽  
Author(s):  
JA Friend
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Genera ◽  
South West ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of

Descriptions of two new genera including five new species of Australian landhoppers are presented. Two new species are recorded from south-west Western Australia (Austrotroides pectinalis and A. occidentalis) and one each from the Adelaide area (A. crenatus), southern Victoria (Agilestia hyperocha) and southern Queensland-northern New South Wales (A. hylaea). Notes on the life history of Austrotoides crenatus are provided.

A review of the Australian rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaedae)

1958 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
PB Carne
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Sensory Organs ◽  
South Wales

The subfamily Rutelinae is represented in Australia (including Tasmania) by 21 genera comprising 96 species and 6 subspecies. Of these, two species belong to the tribe Anomalini, one to the Adoretini, and the remainder to the indigenous tribe Anoplognathini. The subfamily is well represented in Queensland and in New South Wales, poorly so in Tasmania and in Western Australia. Of the two subtribes of the Anoplognathini, the Schizognathina is the more highly specialized. Some genera include forms that have sexually dimorphic modifications of the mouthparts and sensory organs that are very similar to those of some Dynastinae. The following alterations and additions are made to the taxonomy of the group : New genera. - Exochogenys, Dungoorus. New species. - Paraschizognathus brunneus, elgatus, elgatus subsp. kiewarrus, ocularis, pinarus, queenslandicus, tubrabuccae; Schizognathus rugulosus; Amblyterus deuqueti, simplicitarsus bundabergensis, tibialis; Mesystoechus costatus; Dungoorus murrumbullus. Species names placed in synonymy. - Repsirnus purpureipes Macleay (under R. aeneus (F.)) ; Calloodes nitidissimus Lea (frenchi Ohaus); Anoplognathus antiquus Arrow (Trioplognathus griseopilosus Ohaus) ; Pseudoschizognathus occidentalis Ohaus (schoenfeldti Ohaus). New combination. - Exochogenys nigripennis (Blanchard). Changes of status. - Repsimus manicatus (Swartz) var. montanus Lea given subspecific status. Genus Mesystoechus Waterhouse transferred from tribe Rutelini to tribe Anoplognathini.

Revision of the Australian species of Agrotera Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4362 (2) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAI CHEN ◽  
MARIANNE HORAK ◽  
XICUI DU ◽  
DANDAN ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Two New Species

The genus Agrotera Schrank, 1802 is revised for Australia and the generic definition is refined based on the male genitalia. The genera Leucinodella Strand, 1918 stat. rev. with L. leucostola (Hampson, 1896) comb. nov., Nistra Walker, 1859 stat. rev. with N. coelatalis Walker, 1859 comb. rev., Sagariphora Meyrick, 1894 stat. rev. with S. magnificalis (Hampson, 1893) comb. nov., and Tetracona Meyrick, 1884 stat. rev. with T. amathealis (Walker, 1859) comb. rev. and T. pictalis Warren, 1896 comb. rev. are removed from synonymy with Agrotera, as they lack the synapomorphies of Agrotera. Two new species, Agrotera genuflexa sp. nov. from Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales, and A. longitabulata sp. nov. from Queensland, are described. The taxonomic status of the Australian species of Agrotera is discussed, and a key to all species, based on males, is provided. The adults and genitalia of the new species and some related species are figured. 

Four New Species of Duonota Hill (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae)

1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
L Hill
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

Duonota spathulata, sp. nov., and D. lumata, sp. nov., from the Atherton Tableland of north Queensland, and D. fusca, sp. nov., and D, decoricaudula, sp. nov., from New South Wales are described. A key to the 12 Duonota species is given and the relationships of the species discussed.

Macrofossil Casuarinaceae: their identification and the oldest macrofossil record, Gymnostoma antiquum sp. nov., from the late paleocene of New South Wales, Australia

1995 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
LJ Scriven ◽  
RS Hill
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Current Distribution ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Late Paleocene ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Papua New Guinean ◽  
A New Species

The oldest known Casuarinaceae macrofossils, from late Paleocene sediments at Lake Bungarby in New South Wales, are assigned to a new species of Casuarinaceae, Gymnostoma antiquum. The nearest living relatives of this species are the Papua New Guinean Gymnostoma species and in particular one as yet unnamed species. Previous problems relating to the preparation, identification and description of Casuarinaceae macrofossils are examined and clarified. The ecology of both living Gymnostoma and G. antiquum are discussed. The decrease in catastrophic disturbance and climate seasonality during the Cenozoic were probably major contributing factors leading to the current distribution of Gymnostoma.

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