A second species of Oristicta Tillyard (Odonata: Isostictidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4323 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
GÜNTHER THEISCHINGER ◽  
CHRIS J. BURWELL
Keyword(s):  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Far North ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Cape York

In order to include an additional species in the genus Oristicta Tillyard, 1913, the lectotype of its sole species Oristicta filicicola Tillyard, 1913 and the holotype of Phasmosticta interposita Lieftinck, 1951, its assumed junior synonym, the original descriptions of both and numerous museum specimens identified as O. filicicola are studied and discussed. In spite of some variability being noted, it is concluded that they all are O. filicicola which is considered a monotypic species. The additional species is described as Oristicta rosendaleorum sp. nov. It is comprehensively illustrated, and its affinities are discussed. Possibly sympatric in places with O. filicicola, Oristicta rosendaleorum sp. nov. has richer black markings, lacks posterolateral processes/horns on the male’s pronotum (present in O. filicicola), and the male anal appendages are of different form. Oristicta filicicola is known from far north-eastern Queensland from Hammond Island (10.5°S) at the tip of Cape York to the Paluma Range (19°S) in the southern Wet Tropics Bioregion. Oristicta rosendaleorum sp. nov. is currently known from only two localities within 20 km of Lakeland (15.9°S) in south-eastern Cape York Peninsula. 

Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): description of 10 new species from the L. australis, L. monteithi, and L. villosus species groups

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4695 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-252
Author(s):  
NICOLE L. GUNTER ◽  
THOMAS A. WEIR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Far North ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Cape York ◽  
Torres Strait

This publication is part in an ongoing revision of the Australian species of the genus Lepanus Balthasar, 1966 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and revises the three species groups with simple pygidia. Keys to species within the L. australis Matthews, 1974, L. monteithi Matthews, 1974, and L. villosus Matthews, 1974 species groups are provided and a total of 10 new species are described. Within the L. australis species group, L. australis Matthews, 1974 and L. latheticus Matthews, 1974 are redescribed and four new species are described: Lepanus burnetti new species and Lepanus oxleyi new species from southeastern Queensland; Lepanus eungella new species from coastal, central Queensland; and Lepanus dukungarri new species from Australian Wet Tropics, northern Queensland. Within the L. monteithi species group, L. monteithi Matthews, 1974 is redescribed and four new species are described: Lepanus geoffi new species from Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland; Lepanus yorkensis new species from Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland; Lepanus reidi new species from the Australian Wet Tropics and Lepanus topend new species from the northern Northern Territory. Within the L. villosus species group, L. villosus Matthews, 1974 and L. vestitus Matthews, 1974 are redescribed and two new species are described: Lepanus pseudovillosus new species and Lepanus reticulatus new species from the Australian Wet Tropics, northern Queensland. Including these descriptions a total of 43 Lepanus species are now described from Australia. 

Extensive range contraction predicted under climate warming for a gliding mammal in north-eastern Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Fathimah Handayani ◽  
Ross L. Goldingay ◽  
Darren McHugh ◽  
Nicole Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Climate Warming ◽  
New South ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Core Habitat ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Future Warming ◽  
Petaurus Australis

We used MaxEnt to model the current distribution of the yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) and to predict the likely shift in the species’ future distribution under climate-warming scenarios in the Wet Tropics (WT) Bioregion in north Queensland and in the South-eastern Queensland (SEQld) Bioregion, which encompasses south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Bioclimatic layers were used to generate models from 57 independent records in the WT and 428 records in SEQld. The modelled distribution of core habitat under current climate showed a good fit to the data, encompassing 91% and 88% of the records in each area, respectively. Modelling of future warming scenarios suggests that large contractions in distribution could occur in both bioregions. In the WT, 98% of core habitat is predicted to be lost under low warming (1°C increase) and 100% under high warming (2−3°C increase) by 2070. In SEQld, 80% of core habitat is predicted to be lost under low warming and 90% under high warming by 2070. These results suggest that this species is highly vulnerable to climate warming and highlight the importance of focusing conservation efforts at the bioregional scale. There is also a need to identify potential thermal refuges and ensure habitat connectivity.

Taxonomic re-assessment of the Australian and New Guinean green-eyed treefrogs Litoria eucnemis, L. genimaculata and L. serrata (Anura: Hylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2391 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHEN J. RICHARDS ◽  
CONRAD J. HOSKIN ◽  
MICHAEL J. CUNNINGHAM ◽  
KEITH MCDONALD ◽  
STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Cape York

The green-eyed treefrogs (Litoria eucnemis species-group) are found throughout New Guinea and some of its offshore islands, and in two geographically separated regions in north-eastern Queensland, Australia. We examine the genetic relationships among populations of the complex from across its range and find that populations fall into two major lineages: 1) specimens referable to L. genimaculata from New Guinea and its offshore islands, and L. exophthalmia, and 2) samples referable to L. eucnemis from New Guinea and northern Cape York, Australia, and two lineages from the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Australia that are currently assigned to L. genimaculata. Based on our molecular genetic analyses, morphological assessment of new collections and re-examination of type material, we retain L. eucnemis as currently recognised for northern Cape York populations but resurrect the name L. serrata for the Wet Tropics populations. The degree of reproductive isolation between the two Wet Tropics lineages is being studied currently and so at this point we refer both to L. serrata. The degree of genetic variation observed in L. genimaculata across New Guinea locations and possible paraphyly with L. exophthalmia suggest the presence of additional undescribed species. Reexamination of type material and collection of new specimens, allow us to reassess the status of several other names currently synonymised with L. eucnemis and L. genimaculata. Our observations support the present synonymy of Hyla rhacophorus with L. eucnemis and we remove Nyctimystes loveridgei from the synonymy of L. genimaculata and place it in the synonymy of L. eucnemis.

Hybridization of 'White-headed' and 'Orange-winged' VAried Sittellas, Daphoenositta chrysoptera leucocephala and D.c. chrysoptera (Aves: Neosittidae), in Eastern Australia

1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 517 ◽  
Author(s):  
LL Short ◽  
R Schodde ◽  
RA Noske ◽  
J.F.M. Horne
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Zone ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Sexual Variation ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern

Hybridization between the sittellas Daphoenositta chrysoptera leucocephala and D.c. chrysoptera is analysed and defined from 59 recently obtained specimens of the two forms and their hybrids in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, and from older museum specimens from those areas and adjacent regions. Characteristics of age and sexual variation are identified and taken into account in the analysis. A character index for crown colour plus supplemental traits affected by hybridization shows that a true, 250-km-wide hybrid zone connects chrysoptera and leucocephala, and that there is a graded shift in the features of sittellas across the Lone. The historical factors likely to have affected the distributional history and hybridization of the two taxa are reviewed.

A review of vegetation associated with records of the Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae in north-eastern Queensland

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 184-189
Author(s):  
Nigel Jackett ◽  
◽  
Stephen Murphy ◽  
Nicholas Leseberg ◽  
James Watson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Model ◽  
Potential Distribution ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Patchy Distribution ◽  
Complex Species ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Sclerophyll Forest ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
Cape York

. In north-eastern Queensland, the Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae is a rare and taxonomically complex species in apparent decline. It has typically been recorded in open sclerophyll forest and woodland, often adjacent to cleared areas, but current records suggest a patchy distribution. We used all available high-veracity records of the Masked Owl in north-eastern Queensland to examine habitat associations based on regional ecosystem data, and present a spatial model of its potential distribution within the Cape York Peninsula, Wet Tropics and Einasleigh Uplands bioregions. We conclude that the currently disjointed distribution is probably because of a lack of systematic surveys and that this species might be more widespread than previously thought.

Two additional Chiastocaulon species (Marchantiophyta: Plagiochilaceae) from the Wet Tropics Bioregion of north-eastern Queensland

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt A. M. Renner ◽  
Stuart Worboys
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Shape ◽  
Leaf Margin ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
First Time

Two additional species of the liverwort genus Chiastocaulon Carl, namely, C. fasciculatum M.A.M.Renner sp. nov. and C. pachycephalum (De Not.) Herzog, are reported from two mountain tops in the north of the Queensland Wet Tropics Bioregion, namely, Mount Finnigan and Thornton Peak. Given the recent completion of a revision for Chiastocaulon in Australia, the new species provides another cogent demonstration that the bryophyte flora of the Wet Tropics Bioregion is incompletely explored and documented. The new species Chiastocaulon fasciculatum is similar to C. dendroides (Nees) Carl, but can be distinguished by leaf shape and dentition, among other characters. The leaves of C. fasciculatum are ovate and bear two or three prominent equally sized teeth, and the ventral leaf margin bears two to eight smaller teeth, whereas the leaves of C. dendroides are elliptic and bear two unequally sized teeth, the postical of which is largest, and the ventral leaf margin is entire. Chiastocaulon fasciculatum, as far as currently known, is endemic to the Wet Tropics Bioregion. Chiastocaulon pachycephalum, of which the type is from Borneo, is reported for Australia for the first time from specimens collected on Mount Finnigan.

The Ancient Cart-tracks of Malta

Antiquity ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 28 (110) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Gracie
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Soil ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Present Writer ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Far North ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Made In

The barren hill-tops of Malta are scored in many places by ancient ruts cut deeply into the rock. They can be seen also on the slopes and on the lower plains, but less frequently because these areas are normally under agricultural soil. They always occur in pairs from 52 to 58 inches apart and were quite clearly used by vehicles. They have been discussed in print for 300 years but no agreement has been reached on how, when or why they were made or what vehicles used them. In fact, there are as many theories as there are authors. Of these writers only Captain E. G. Fenton and Professor Sir T. Zammit appear to have done any serious field work, and none has published a map. The present writer, therefore, decided to attempt the laborious task of plotting them, making such other observations and measurements as he could. Zammit, in the paper cited, reproduced some excellent photographs from both the ground and the air, to which the reader is referred.Time did not permit an examination of the whole island and few observations were made in the low-lying south-eastern part. A fairly intensive survey was made of the high ground as far north as the Baida Ridge, which joins the northern shores of Ghain Tuffieha Bay and St. Paul’s Bay. Two portions of the map are reproduced here. Where there are a number of parallel tracks in close proximity they are shown on the map as one on account of the necessarily small scale used. The gaps in the routes are mainly due to cultivated patches, and no attempt has been made to bridge them by conjecture.

scholarly journals Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of small antelopes : steenbok, Raphicerus campestris and suni, Neotragus moschatus : research communication

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Golezardy ◽  
I.G. Horak
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Research Communication ◽  
Far North ◽  
Wildlife Species ◽  
North East ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Geographic Regions

During surveys on the tick burdens of various wildlife species in South Africa, nine small antelopes became available for study. Six of these were steenbok, Raphicerus campestris and three sunis, Neotragus moschatus, and their tick burdens are recorded here. The steenbok were examined in three nature reserves and harboured nine tick species. The sunis were examined in a fourth reserve and were infested with eight species. The steenbok and sunis were generally infested with the immature stages of the same tick species that infest larger animals in the same geographic regions. In addition the sunis harboured Haemaphysalis parmata, which in South Africa is present only in the eastern and north-eastern coastal and adjacent areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province. They were also infested with Rhipicephalus kochi, which in South Africa occurs only in the far north-east of the KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Provinces.

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