Undarobius, a new genus of cavernicolous weevils (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Leptopiini) from the Undara Lava Caves in north-eastern Australia, with an overview of anophthalmic and microphthalmic Australian Curculionidae

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5023 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-222
Author(s):  
HERMES E. ESCALONA ◽  
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Beach Sand ◽  
Cave System ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Arthropod Fauna ◽  
The Rich

Undarobius gen. n., a new genus of cavernicolous weevils with two new species, U. howarthi sp. n. and U. irvini sp. n., is described from the Undara Lava Cave system in north-eastern Queensland, Australia. These are the first cavernicolous weevils to be described from Australia, and U. howarthi is a new addition to the rich arthropod fauna of Bayliss Cave. Undarobius weevils are relatively large in size (4.0–5.5 mm long), anophthalmic and apterous with a robust, flattened body and long legs. The genus has affinities with Leptopiini, but its placement in the tribe is uncertain. We also provide a list of the known anophthalmic and microphthalmic weevils in Australia, spanning 65 species classified in 20 genera, eight tribes and about seven subfamilies and found in diverse hypogean habitats, mainly leaf litter but also soil, beach sand, subterranean aquifers and mosses.  

Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: New Fully-winged Agraeciini From North-eastern Australia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Agraeciini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4743 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-336
Author(s):  
DCF RENTZ ◽  
YOU NING SU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Two New Species

Four new genera including five new species are described. All are from north-eastern Queensland. Barbaragraecia comprises two new species. B. unicorn Rentz & Su, gen. et sp. nov. (the type species) and B. richardsoni Rentz & Su, sp. nov. Geoffagraecia is known from a single species, G. gwinganna Rentz & Su, sp. nov. the type species. Greenagraecia Rentz & Su, gen. et sp. nov. is known from two species, G. attenuata Rentz & Su, gen. et sp. nov., the type species and G. cooloola Rentz & Su, gen. et sp. nov.. The unrelated genus Nicsara Walker 1869 is discussed and species with falcate ovipositors are removed and placed in a new genus, Larifugagraecia Rentz & Su gen. nov., with Nicsara spuria Redtenbacher 1891 designated as the type species. Two species are removed from Nicsara and placed in Larifugagraecia. These are N. cornuta (Redtenbacher 1891) and N. spuria. Other species remain in Nicsara until they can be further assessed. Biological and ecological notes accompany detailed descriptions of the new species along with many morphological illustrations. Illustrations also are provided for L. spuria gen. nov. A key to the described fully-winged Australian agraeciine genera is provided at the end of the paper. 

Cryptophiale, a new genus of Hyphomycetes

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1123-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Pirozynski
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes ◽  
Two New Species

Cryptophiale, a new genus of phialidic dematiaceous Hyphomycetes is described to accommodate two new species occurring in leaf litter: C. kakombensis Pirozynski from Tanzania, and C. udagawae Pirozynski & Ichinoe from Japan.

Triaina, a new genus in the Janirellidae Menzies, 1956 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota), with two new species from south-eastern Australia, and a new diagnosis for the family

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1980 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEAN JUST
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The varying concepts of Janirellidae Menzies, 1956 are outlined, including its rejection by several authors. The view of Wilson and Wägele of Janirellidae being a valid family comprising Janirella Bonnier, 1896 and presumably Dactylostylis Richardson, 1911 (= Spinianirella Menzies, 1962) is accepted. Diagnoses of the Janirellidae subsequent to Menzies’ original one were based on the inclusion of a diverse range of genera now recognised as not belonging in that family. A new diagnosis of Janirellidae is presented based on the inclusion of Janirella, Dactylostylis, and a new genus Triaina with two new species, T. isodonte and T. makridonte, from south-eastern Australia. The latter species represents the shallowest record (80 m) of the otherwise predominantly deep-water family. All species in the family are listed in an appendix, with area of type locality and depth range.

scholarly journals Synonymy of Homalopoltys (Araneae : Araneidae) with the genus Dolichognatha (Araneae : Tetragnathidae) and descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1775 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HELEN M. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Data Matrix ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Material ◽  
First Time

Through discovery of their males, females described as Homalopoltys Simon (Araneidae) are found to be congeneric with Dolichognatha O.P.-Cambridge (Tetragnathidae). Some of the character states seen in Homalopoltys (type species H. incanescens Simon) do not fit within the current diagnosis of Dolichognatha so the potential transfer is tested using the data matrix of Hormiga et al. (1995). It is found that the synonymy of Homalopoltys with Dolichognatha is justified according to current terms of reference. Both described Homalopoltys species were known only from Sri Lanka. The male of D. incanescens (Simon) (NEW COMBINATION) is described for the first time, and the range of this species is extended to north-eastern Australia. Dolichognatha albida (Simon) (NEW COMBINATION) is redescribed and new material is reported from Thailand but the species is still known only from females. Dolichognatha mandibularis (Thorell), with similar morphology to D. incanescens, is also redescribed but is only known from a single male (Sumatra). Two new species are described: D. deelemanae sp. nov. is from Kalimantan and D. raveni sp. nov. is from north-eastern Australia and New Guinea. The character states that unite the genus Dolichognatha are discussed and some potential new character systems are put forward. Some of the fresh specimens of D. albida and D. incanescens show that reflective tapeta are present in the secondary eyes and the abdominal morphology of these and the newly described species differs from that of other known Dolichognatha species.

A new fossil frog crab (Brachyura, Raninoidea) from the Paleogene of northeastern Pacific

2020 ◽  
Vol 298 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Torrey Nyborg ◽  
Giovanni Pasini ◽  
Alessandro Garassino ◽  
Barry W.M. van Bakel ◽  
Francisco J. Vega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northeastern Pacific ◽  
Upper Paleogene

One new genus and two new species of fossil frog crabs from the Eocene to Oligocene deposits of Washington State (USA) and Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) of the north-eastern Pacific are described, based upon several well- preserved specimens. The studied specimens are herein described as Amphoranina blandi n. gen., n. sp. and A. multispinata n. gen, n. sp. (Raninidae De Haan, 1839) respectively. Amphoranina n. gen. appears to be endemic to the middle to upper Paleogene of the northeastern Pacific.

A new anophthalmic trechine genus and two new species from southern Guizhou, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4766 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-587
Author(s):  
MINGYI TIAN ◽  
MENGZHEN CHEN ◽  
ZIJUN MA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Cave System ◽  
Two New Species

A new genus and two new species of cavernicolous trechine beetles are reported from southern Guizhou Province, Southwest China: Miaotrechus mahua n. gen., n. sp. from the cave Miaoting, Getuhe cave system, Ziyun Miao & Buyi Zizhi Xian (Autonomous County), Anshun Shi; M. heweii n. sp. from the cave Jingua Dong, danzhai County, Qiandongnan Miao & Dong Zizhizhou (Autonomous Prefecture). Miaotrechus might be related to the genus Guizhaphaenops Vigna Taglianti, 1997, but it is an Anophthalmus-like, whereas Guizhaphaenops species are semi-aphaenopsian. 

Species boundaries among barred river frogs, Mixophyes (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in north-eastern Australia, with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1228 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL MAHONY ◽  
STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN ◽  
STEPHEN J. RICHARDS ◽  
KEITH MCDONALD
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Boundaries ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

Mixophyes are large ground-dwelling myobatrachid frogs from eastern Australia and New Guinea. We use analyses of allozyme frequencies, nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA and morphology to define species boundaries in Mixophyes from the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area of northern Queensland. The molecular analyses identify a minimum of three species in the region. Morphometric and meristic analyses corroborate these distinctions. The existence of two of these species was not previously suspected, and they are formally described herein.

The genus Microrchestia (Amphipoda: Talitridae) in eastern Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2349 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
J. K. LOWRY ◽  
R. PEART
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New South ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Microrchestia is reported from Australia for the first time and two new species are described, M. bousfieldi sp. nov. from northern New South Wales and M. watsonae sp. nov. from the northern Great Barrier Reef. The new genus Cochinorchestia is established for Microrchestia notabilis (K.H. Barnard), originally described from the Cochin area in south-eastern India.

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