scholarly journals The Oecetis reticulata species-group from the South-West Pacific area (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae)

1989 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arturs Neboiss
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
The South ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
South West ◽  
Pacific Area

Thirteen Oecetis species of the south-west Pacific area from Sulawesi, to Northern Australia and the Solomon Islands are placed in a new reticulata species-group on the basis of the distinctive shield-like tergite 8 in the males. Twelve new species are described in this paper: Oecetis accola sp. n., arawana sp. n., barbarae sp. n., catenulata sp. n., epekeina sp. n., kakaduensis sp. n., keraia sp. n., kolobota sp. n., oresbiosa sp. n parmata sp. n., piptona sp. n. and xaniona sp. n.; and a thirteenth species, reticulata Kimmins, is figured for comparison.

New raphitomine gastropods (Gastropoda: Conidae: Raphitominae) from the South-West Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2526 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. MORASSI ◽  
A. BONFITTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
The South ◽  
Broad Distribution ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
South West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Significant Extension

Based on material stored in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) eight new species collected from bathyal depths in South West Pacific archipelagos ( Solomon Islands and Fiji) are described. The new species belong to the rather poorly known genera Acanthodaphne Bonfitto et Morassi, 2006, Acamptodaphne Shuto, 1971, Buccinaria Kittl, 1887, Cryptodaphne Powell, 1942 and Mioawateria Vella, 1954 all belonging to subfamily Raphitominae Bellardi, 1875 in the family Conidae Fleming, 1822. Acamptodaphne eridmata sp. nov. has a broad distribution being reported from the Solomon Islands and Taiwan. Finding of the new species here discussed in South West Pacific archipelagos provides a significant extension to the previously known geographical range of these raphitomine genera.

Pollen morphology of Myrtaceae from the south-west Pacific area

1956 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
KM Pike
Keyword(s):  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
South West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Pacific Area

The pollen grains of 300 species of 71 genera of the family Myrtaceae have been examined and their characteristic features summarized in tabular form. The investigation has been mainly concerned with those species that occur in the south-west, Pacific area, particularly Australia. For comparative purposes, the pollen morphology of a limited number of South American and two South African species has been included. The significance of pollen characters for distinguishing genera and species within the family is discussed. In some instances pollen morphology has provided additional evidence for the classification of certain species as suggested by taxonomists. A provisional key to pollen grains of the genera examined has been included.

The anatomy of the timbers of the south-west Pacific area. II. Apocynaceae and Annonaceae

1953 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HD Ingle ◽  
HE Dadswell
Keyword(s):  
Wood Structure ◽  
The South ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
South West ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Pacific Area

The results reported cover 12 genera of the family Apocynaceae and 12 genera of the Annonaceae. The anatomical features of these genera have been summarized for each family and the results compared with published information on the representatives of the families from other parts of the world. An artificial key has been developed for the separation of groups of genera in the Apocynaceae. This separation, however, does not conform with groupings based on botanical features. Possible affinities of this family have been discussed. In the Annonaceae separation of the genera on anatomical features has been found to be diffcult on account of the homogeneity in wood structure of the family as a whoIe.

One New Genus and Four New Species of Terrestrial Mesoveliidae (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha) from Australia and New Caledonia

1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 943 ◽  
Author(s):  
MB Malipatil ◽  
GB Monteith
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
The South ◽  
Altitudinal Distribution ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
South West ◽  
Generalized Distribution

Austrovelia, gen. nov. (type-species A. queenslandica, sp. nov., from North Queensland), A. caledonica, sp. nov. (from New Caledonia), and Phrynovelia caledonica, sp. nov., and P. bimaculata, sp. nov. (both from New Caledonia) are described and compared with related known genera and species. Altitudinal distribution of A, queenslandica and biogeographic affinities between New Caledonia and the Mount Sorrow tableland in North Queensland are discussed, and a generalized distribution of terrestrial Mesoveliidae in the south-west Pacific is given.

Nomenclatural and type catalogue of Athoracophoridae (Mollusca: Eupulmonata: Succineoidea): a synopsis of the first 185 years of biodiscovery in the South West Pacific region

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4434 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
GARY M. BARKER
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
South West ◽  
Systematic Effort ◽  
The Family ◽  
Biogeographic Region ◽  
Faunal Element

Athoracophoridae are succineoidean terrestrial slugs that constitute a distinctive faunal element of the South West Pacific biogeographic region, with representatives in New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and New Zealand. Despite many studies on morphology, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships since the first species description in 1832, the understanding of the diversity within the family, as reported in published literature, remains poor with regional disparities in collection and systematic effort, in taxonomic concepts, and in adherence to type concepts. The systematics of Athoracophoridae needs to be re-evaluated through a modern, phylogenetic approach to properly document infra-familial evolution and taxon diversity, advance understanding of evolutionary relationships with other Eupulmonata, and to delineate evolutionary units for conservation prioritization. A catalogue of all class-, family-, genus- and species-group names erected for or used to include Athoracophoridae over the 185 year period 1832 to 2017 is provided, as a first step towards a systematic revision. The following nomenclatural changes are made: lectotype designation for Aneitea macdonaldii Gray, 1860; lectotype designation for Janella papillata Hutton, 1879; type species designation for Amphikonophora Suter, 1897; and lectotype designation for Athoracophorus verrucosus Simroth, 1889. 

Karyotypes of South-West Pacific Ranid Frogs (Anura:Ranidae)

1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
MJ Mahony ◽  
RM Norris ◽  
SC Donnellan
Keyword(s):  
Diploid Number ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Chromosomal Rearrangements ◽  
The South ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Fundamental Number ◽  
South West ◽  
Telocentric Chromosomes

Karyotypes of 12 species from five genera of Australian, New Guinean and Solomon Islands ranid frogs are reported and for convenience are compared and contrasted with the 2n = 26, fundamental number (FN) = 52 karyotype of Rana, the typical karyotype of the subfamily Raninae. This karyotype was found in the four species of Rana examined. One species, Ceratobatrachus guentheri, had an increased diploid number of 30, a lower FN of 38, and altered relative lengths and centromere positions of pairs 1-5, and several of the smaller pairs. These changes could have resulted from centric fissions and pericentric rearrangements which produced an increase in the number of telocentric chromosomes. Eight species, Batrachylodes vertebralis, Discodeles bufoniformis, D. guppyi, Platymantis boulengeri, P. myersi, P. neckeri, P. solomonis and P. weberi, had reduced diploid numbers and FN. The means by which reduction in diploid number and FN has occurred in these species is unknown, but may involve centric fissions to produce telocentrics, followed by translocation onto other chromosomes, or a process involving pericentric rearrangements to produce telocentric chromosomes followed by fusion of these products. With the exception of Rana, the level of chromosomal rearrangements in the south-west Pacific ranid frogs that occur on archipelagos is high compared with that observed in the continental lineages of this subfamily.

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