Biodiversity discovery program Bush Blitz yields a new species of goblin spider, Cavisternum attenboroughi (Araneae: Oonopidae), from the Northern Territory

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3616 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARBARA C. BAEHR ◽  
ROBERT RAVEN ◽  
ROBERT WHYTE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Discovery Program ◽  
Himalayan Mountains ◽  
A New Species

This paper is part of the “Goblin Spider PBI” project, a world-wide revision of the spider family Oonopidae (http:// research.amnh.org/oonopidae). Oonopidae is one of the world’s most diverse spider families with over 1000 described species in 88 genera (Platnick 2012). Mostly six-eyed and tiny (1–3 mm), they are not often noticed by people because of their small size and secretive lifestyle. Most have a body shield of abdominal scutae (hardened plates). The Oonopidae are most diverse in tropical and subtropical regions (Platnick and Dupérré 2010), yet they also occur in other locations such as at high altitudes in the Himalayan Mountains (Baehr and Ubick 2010).

Culex (Culex) longitubus, A New Species of the Mimeticus Subgroup (Diptera: Culicidae) From Bhutan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradya Somboon ◽  
Thanari Phanitchakun ◽  
Jassada Saingamsook ◽  
Rinzin Namgay ◽  
Ralph E Harbach
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Anal Papillae ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Culex longitubus Somboon, Namgay & Harbach is described as a new species of the Mimeticus Subgroup of the subgenus Culex. The larva is most similar to the larva of Cx. tianpingensis Chen from China, but is distinguished by the length of the siphon and the anal papillae, the form of the comb scales and pecten spines, and the development of setae 7-P, 13-T, 1-X, and 4-X. The adults have wing markings and male genitalia similar to those of species of the Mimeticus Complex. Phylogenetic analysis of COI sequences revealed that the new species is closely related to Cx. murrelli Lien of the Mimulus Complex. The immature stages of the new species were found in stagnant pools and marshes at high altitudes in several districts of Bhutan.

Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: New genera and species from North Queensland (Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Armadillagraeciini trib. nov. and Agraeciini; Listroscelidinae; Requenini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3173 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DCF RENTZ ◽  
YOU NING SU ◽  
NORIHIRO UESHIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
New Tribe ◽  
A New Species

A new tribe of the Conocephalinae, Armadillagraeciini Rentz, Su, Ueshima is described to include three known Australiangenera: Armadillagraecia, Kapalgagraecia and Lichenagraecia gen. nov. Lichenagraecia gen. nov. is the eastern repre-sentative of the tribe, the others from the Northern Territory, northern Western Australia and western Queensland. Threenew genera in the tribe Agraeciini are described from the rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Ingrischa-graecia gen. nov. is known from a single species, I. iterika sp. nov. Emeraldagraecia gen. nov. is known from two spe-cies, E. munggarifrons and E. windsorana spp. nov. Miniagraecia gen. nov. is described from two species: M. milyali andM. goorijupa spp. nov. In the Listroscelidinae; Requenini, a new species of the previously monotypic genus Xingbaoia,X. irvineorum sp. nov. is described from two localities in peril from repeated prescribed burning. Distribution maps, keys, measurements, song patterns and cytological observations are provided for most species.

scholarly journals A New Chemolithoautotrophic Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacterium Isolated from a Gold Mine: Phylogenetic, Physiological, and Preliminary Biochemical Studies

2000 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne M. Santini ◽  
Lindsay I. Sly ◽  
Roger D. Schnagl ◽  
Joan M. Macy
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
New Species ◽  
Minimal Medium ◽  
Doubling Time ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Gold Mine ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Biochemical Studies ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
A New Species

ABSTRACT A previously unknown chemolithoautotrophic arsenite-oxidizing bacterium has been isolated from a gold mine in the Northern Territory of Australia. The organism, designated NT-26, was found to be a gram-negative motile rod with two subterminal flagella. In a minimal medium containing only arsenite as the electron donor (5 mM), oxygen as the electron acceptor, and carbon dioxide-bicarbonate as the carbon source, the doubling time for chemolithoautotrophic growth was 7.6 h. Arsenite oxidation was found to be catalyzed by a periplasmic arsenite oxidase (optimum pH, 5.5). Based upon 16S rDNA phylogenetic sequence analysis, NT-26 belongs to theAgrobacterium/Rhizobium branch of the α-Proteobacteria and may represent a new species. This recently discovered organism is the most rapidly growing chemolithoautotrophic arsenite oxidizer known.

A new species of Gynochtides (Rubiaceae, Rubioideae) from Australia

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
JT Johansson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Gynochtodes Blume ( Rubiaceae, Rubioideae) is reported from Australia for the first time and the new species, G. australiensis J T Johansson, which occurs in the Northern Territory and Queensland, is described and illustrated. A map of its distribution is provided.

Description of a new species of Anomala Samouelle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Northern Territory, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3872 (5) ◽  
pp. 591
Author(s):  
MENGJIE JIN ◽  
TOM WEIR ◽  
ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI ◽  
HONG PANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
A New Species

Cladonema timmsii, a new species of hydromedusa (Cnidaria : Hydrozoa) from a salt lake in South Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1826 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN ◽  
WOLFGANG ZEIDLER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Saline Lake ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Stomach Wall ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
South Wales ◽  
A New Species

Cladonema timmsii, sp. nov., is described from Blue Lagoon, an inland saline lake on Eyre Peninsula, near Cactus Beach, due south of Penong, Australia. It is a small medusa with a bell height and diameter of about 2.0mm. It differs from its congeners in having (1) sexually dimorphic gonads, i.e., the males bearing six radially arranged gonadal pouches on the stomach wall, the females lacking gonadal pouches, having instead smooth gonads; (2) different arrangements of nematocyst warts on the main tentacle branches (two rows) and side branches (one row). It is further characterized by having (1) nine simple radial canals, each corresponding with a tentacle bulb bearing a 7-branched stinging tentacle and about six suctorial branches; (2) six oral tentacles with very short stalks, each bearing a terminal nematocyst knob; (3) dark red, lensed ocelli. This is the first report of a species of Cladonema from Australian waters; members of the genus are also reported herein from the Northern Territory and New South Wales.

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