Lactarius (Basidiomycota) in Papua New Guinea. 1. Species of tropical lowland habitats

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Verbeken ◽  
E. Horak
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Herbarium Material ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
Papua New Guinean

The extant herbarium material of the genus Lactarius (L. novoguineensis P.Henn.) collected in tropical Papua New Guinean lowland forests is studied. In addition, four new taxa, L. leucophaeus, L. paleus, L. leoninus and L. walleynii are introduced. A key to the five species, illustrations and discussionabout their infrageneric position are presented.

New species of Russula (Basidiomycotina) associated with Anisoptera (Dipterocarpaceae) in Papua New Guinea

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 727 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Buyck ◽  
E. Horak
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Tropical Lowland Forest

Russula cingulata sp. nov., R. anisopterae sp. nov., R. hysgina sp. nov. and R. perelegans sp. nov. are reported from tropical lowland forest near Lae (Morobe District, Papua New Guinea) where these agarics have been found in association with Anisoptera polyandra Bl. (Dipterocarpaceae). The four new taxa are described, illustrated and compared with allied Russula species.

Observations of probable camouflaging behaviour in a semi-commensal common spotted cuscus Spilocuscus maculatus maculatus (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae) in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 243 ◽  
Author(s):  
TE Heinsohn
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Tropical Lowland ◽  
Tree Hollows ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
Cape York ◽  
The Common

THE common spotted cuscus Spilocuscus maculatus is a relatively large nocturnal arboreal possum with a preference for tropical lowland forests. Its distribution is centred on New Guinea, but extends to some adjacent landmasses, including a number of satellite islands and Cape York Peninsula in Australia (Flannery 1994; Winter and Leung 1995; Heinsohn 2000). It appears to be principally folivorous and partially frugivorous and forages in the canopy, subcanopy, and understorey of tropical forests, though it may venture to the ground to cross gaps. After a night of foraging, S. maculatus typically rests by day hidden amidst the thick foliage of the canopy, in liana tangles or thickets, and appears to be less dependent on, or less inclined to use tree hollows than some other possum species (Heinsohn 1998b, pers. obs.).

scholarly journals The States of Law in Papua New Guinea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Demian
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Papua New Guinean

AbstractThis article employs a consideration of Peter Fitzpatrick’s early work in Papua New Guinea to reflect on legal and social developments in the country since his residence there during the independence period. In particular, Fitzpatrick’s concerns about the emergence of a Papua New Guinean bourgeois legality that would shape the postcolony are shown to have been prescient in some respects, and also to have had other outcomes unanticipated by the Marxist legal and anthropological imagination of the 1970s. Finally, I use examples from the heterogeneous lawscape of Papua New Guinean cities to illustrate how the ‘true people’s law’ envisioned by Fitzpatrick is in the process of emerging in spaces outside of formal legislative or court processes.

New taxa of the subtribe Lebinthina (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae: Lebinthini) from New Guinea and nearby islands

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5082 (6) ◽  
pp. 583-599
Author(s):  
MING KAI TAN ◽  
TONY ROBILLARD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Two New Species

Four new species from three genera of Lebinthina crickets are described here. These include one species of Gnominthus: Gnominthus milneus sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea; two new species of Macrobinthus: Macrobinthus kei sp. nov. and Macrobinthus mamai sp. nov. from Maluka (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea, respectively; and one species of Microbinthus: Microbinthus elegans sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea.  

scholarly journals An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4411 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
WILLIAM T. WHITE ◽  
ALFRED KO’OU
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Biological Collections ◽  
The World ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
Biodiversity Study ◽  
Voucher Material ◽  
Annotated Checklist ◽  
Papua New Guinean

An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) of Papua New Guinean waters is herein presented. The checklist is the result of a large biodiversity study on the chondrichthyan fauna of Papua New Guinea between 2013 and 2017. The chondrichthyan fauna of Papua New Guinea has historically been very poorly known due to a lack of baseline information and limited deepwater exploration. A total of 131 species, comprising 36 families and 68 genera, were recorded. The most speciose families are the Carcharhinidae with 29 species and the Dasyatidae with 23 species. Verified voucher material from various biological collections around the world are provided, with a total of 687 lots recorded comprising 574 whole specimens, 128 sets of jaws and 21 sawfish rostra. This represents the first detailed, verified checklist of chondrichthyans from Papua New Guinean waters. 

Pictorial Depth Perception of Papua New Guinean Students

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Leo Marai
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Depth Perception ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Major Result ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Pictorial Depth ◽  
Pictorial Perception ◽  
Papua New Guinean

Twenty male and five female undergraduates were assessed in a study designed to test for three dimensional pictorial perception in a Papua New Guinea sample. A version of Hudson's (1960) and Deregowski's (1968) test stimuli was used; the stimuli were slightly modified to make them culturally appropriate. The major result of the study was a finding of consistent sex differences in pictorial depth perception. Males tended to perceive three dimensionally while females tended to perceive two dimensionally.

Researching Australian, New Zealand and Papua New Guinean Law

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole L. Hinchcliff ◽  
Megan Fitzgibbons ◽  
Claudia Davies
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Case Law ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
The Law ◽  
Papua New Guinean

AbstractIn this paper Carole Hinchcliff, Megan Fitzgibbons and Claudia Davies review free resources that can be used when researching the law in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Background descriptions of the countries' legal systems are provided, along with brief descriptions of websites which provide access to the legislation and case law of the relevant jurisdictions. The article is based on a presentation developed by Carole, and subsequently delivered by Megan and Claudia, at the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) meeting in August, 2013.

scholarly journals Storying Toward Pasin and Luksave: Permeable Relationships Between Papua New Guineans as Researchers and Participants

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 160940692095718
Author(s):  
Vincent Backhaus ◽  
Nalisa Neuendorf ◽  
Lokes Brooksbank
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Social Life ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Dual Function ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Austronesian Language ◽  
Story Work ◽  
Research Assumptions ◽  
Papua New Guinean

In Oceania, Papua New Guinea (PNG) appears large in the consciousness of exploring social life through the notion of sociality. Scholarship within the Melanesian region employs sociality to interrogate forms of social life and the different ways research methods account for the understanding of interactions between individuals and communities. Yet for the three PNG authors this assumed coherency between epistemes and method highlighted specific conceptual challenges for us as researchers and participants. We identified with two conceptual notions: “pasin” and “luksave” as distinct Austronesian language ideas derived from Tok Pisin—a creolisation of English utilized as a lingua franca throughout the country. We explored the development of pasin and luksave and the ways the conceptual claims served a dual function of developing a methodological and epistemic pathway toward an ethical assurance of meaningful relationality. We extend on current understanding in two ways. Firstly employing the methodology of story as critique of research assumptions and secondly, extend on the process of story work to suggest storying as a novel but relatable research methodology. Storying such research experiences as both method and epistemic accountability, guided our responsibility toward the relationships we hold to people, community and knowledge. Pasin and luksave embed an emancipatory and de-colonial intent through the guise of oral stories. These intentions in our scholarship fostered a form of coherent expressions of research claim and method assumption and also raised questions for us regarding what decolonizing Papua New Guinea ought to consider. Our paper also highlights a reformulation of the different ways research considers Oceania in particular Melanesia and the Papua New Guinean research context.

Revision of the Papua New Guinean fig wasp genus Robertsia Boucek (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 929 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMON VAN NOORT ◽  
JEAN-YVES RASPLUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Single Host ◽  
Host Relationships ◽  
Fig Tree ◽  
Papua New Guinean

Two new species of Robertsia, R. weibleni and R. vaamondei are described from Papua New Guinea. Four species of Robertsia are now known from a single host fig tree species, Ficus xylosycia. Illustrations and keys are provided for both sexes of all four species. An online key is available at: http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Pteromalidae/Sycoecinae/Key/Robertsia.htm. Host relationships and biology are discussed.

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