scholarly journals The northern river shark Glyphis sp. C (Carcharhinidae) discovered in Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 685 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEAN C. THORBURN ◽  
DAVID L. MORGAN
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Gene Pool ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Northern River ◽  
Count Range ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Mean Diameter ◽  
The Town

Seven specimens of Glyphis sp. C were collected from macrotidal mangrove systems near the town of Derby in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, which represents the first capture in this state. The five males and two females ranged in length from 906 to 1418 mm TL, weighed between 5150 and 18640 g and had a vertebral count range outside that previously reported for the species, i.e. 140 151 cf 147 148. The unusually high incidence of fused vertebrae and spinal deformation may suggest a small gene pool in this population. Previous occurrences of this species were restricted to rivers in the Northern Territory (Australia) and Papua New Guinea. The presence of a small eye (mean diameter 0.87% of total length), large dorsal and pectoral fins, and well defined sensory ampullae may be reflective of living in an environment subjected to extreme turbidity and flows.

A revision of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) for Australia and Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1024 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP D. PERKINS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Water Beetle ◽  
Microhabitat Preferences ◽  
Papua New Guinean

The Australian and Papua New Guinean species of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont, 1943, are revised, based on the study of 4,904 specimens. The genus is redescribed, and redescriptions are provided for G. australis (Blackburn), G. brisbanensis (Blackburn), G. clarki (Deane), G. levis (Deane), G. lividus (Deane), G. notalis (Deane), and G. tenebricosus (Deane). Lectotypes are designated for Ochthebius australis Blackburn, 1888, and Ochthebius tenebricosus Deane, 1931. Ochthebius fischeri Deane, 1931, and Ochthebius leai Deane, 1931, are synonymized with Ochthebius australis Blackburn, 1888; Ochthebius flavocinctus Deane 1933, is synonymized with Ochthebius lividus Deane, 1933; and Ochthebius angustipennis Deane, 1931, is synonymized with Ochthebius clarki Deane, 1931. Twenty-nine new species are described, and a key to the 36 species known from Australia and Papua New Guinea is given. High resolution digital images of all primary types are presented (online version in color), the male genitalia are illustrated, and Australian geographic distributions are mapped. Only one species, G. clarki, inhabits both Australia and Papua New Guinea; two species, G. bacchusi n. sp. and G. papua n. sp. are endemic to Papua New Guinea; 33 species are endemic to Australia. Members of Gymnochthebius are found at the gravelly/sandy/silty margins of flowing and standing water. A preliminary grouping of species according to microhabitat substrate is presented. Correspondences between ventral morphology and microhabitat preferences suggest that a few species are evolving toward humicolous habits. New species of Gymnochthebius are: G. angulonotus (Queensland, Tinaroo Creek Road via Mareeba), G. bacchusi (Papua New Guinea, Morobe District, c. 7 miles Lae Bulolo Road), G. benesculptus (South Australia, Warburton River, 1 km N White Bull Yard Kalamurina Stn.), G. coruscus (South Australia, Warburton River, 1 km N White Bull Yard Kalamurina Stn.), G. fontinalis (South Australia, Elizabeth (Mound) Springs, 7 km NW Coward Springs R.S.), G. fumosus (New South Wales, Sydney), G. hesperius (Western Australia, Lyndon River Bridge), G. inlineatus (Western Australia, Millstream, creek near Deep Reach), G. lustrosulcus (Queensland, Cloncurry), G. minipunctus (Northern Territory, Palm Valley), G. nanosetus (Northern Territory, Roderick Creek, Gregory National Park), G. nicki (Victoria, Possum Hollow falls, West branch Tarwin River, 5.6 km SSW Allambee), G. nigriceps (South Australia, Mound Spring near Coward Springs), G. papua (Papua New Guinea, Morobe District, ca. 10 km S Garaina Saureri), G. perpunctus (South Australia, Somme Creek, between Angaston and Sedan), G. pluvipennis (South Australia, Warburton

Morphological and genetic relationships among populations of Scotorepens sanbomi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Papua, New Guinea, Australia and Indonesia.

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
D.J. Kitchener ◽  
M. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Wing Loading ◽  
The West ◽  
West Timor ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Discriminant Function Analyses

Skull and external morphology and the genetic relationships of Scotorepens sanbomi individuals were studied for populations in Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia and West Timor (a recently discovered population). Discriminant function analyses showed that animals from West Timor were large and similar in size and shape to those from Papua New Guinea and Queensland; their skull dimensions were closer to Queensland animals whereas their external dimensions were closer to Papua New Guinea animals. The West Timor, Papua New Guinea and Queensland animals were considerably larger in skull', external and baculum measurements than the Western Australian animals. The Northern Territory animals were intermediate, but closer to the Western Australian animals. The latter also showed some proportional (shape) differences from animals in these other populations. The largest animals (West Timor) had a relatively high wing loading and higher aspect ratio than the smallest (Western Australia) animals. This suggests that on West Timor the species forage in less cluttered airspace, probably higher above the vegetation, than their counterparts from Western Australia. Allozyme electrophoresis of 3lloci revealed considerable genetic heterogeneity between the populations (Nei Ds range 0.023- 0.158). The West Timor population was genetically most similar to the Western Australia and Northern Territory populations and most divergent from both the Queensland and New Guinea populations.

Food of Eight Species of Columbidae, in the Genera Geopelia, Phaps, Geophaps and Petrophassa.

1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
HJ Frith ◽  
TO Wolfe ◽  
RD Barker
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Rock Pigeon ◽  
Feeding Habitat ◽  
Port Moresby ◽  
North Western

Crop or gizzard contents were studied for Columbidae from north of Western Australia, Northern Territory, south of Southern Australia and Waigani Swamp near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Food was mainly seeds, listed in tables by botanical name, volume and frequency or by the number of gizzards or crops in which each was found. Some species ate small amounts of vegetative parts or insects.Results for Geopelia humeralis (bar-shouldered dove) and Geopelia striata (peaceful dove) suggest difference in feeding habitat though they were collected together from Waigani Swamp or subcoastal Northern Territory. Results for Petrophassa albipennis (white-quilled rock pigeon) and Phaps histrionica (flock pigeon) from north Western Australia and Northern Territory suggested an effect of drought on composition of feed. Other species studied were Geopelia cuneata (diamond dove), Geophaps smithii (partridge pigeon), Phaps elegans (brush bronzewing) and Petrophassa rufipennis (chestnut-quilled rock pigeon).

Four new species of Splendid Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae: Aenetus) from Australia and Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4809 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-474
Author(s):  
ETHAN P. BEAVER ◽  
MICHAEL D. MOORE ◽  
JOHN R. GREHAN ◽  
ALEJANDRO VELASCO-CASTRILLÓN ◽  
MARK I. STEVENS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
Mtdna Coi

Four new Aenetus Herrich-Schäffer species are described from northern Australasia; Aenetus simonseni sp. nov. from the top-end of the Northern Territory, Australia, A. maiasinus sp. nov. from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, A. trigonogrammus sp. nov. from south-eastern Queensland, Australia, and A. albadamanteum sp. nov. from eastern Papua New Guinea. Aenetus simonseni sp. nov. and A. maiasinus sp. nov. appear to belong to the tegulatus-group of species (sensu Grehan et al. 2018), A. trigonogrammus sp. nov. is part of the splendens-group of species (sensu Simonsen 2018), while A. albadamanteum sp. nov. shares morphological similarities with A. hampsoni (Joicey & Noakes, 1914), A. crameri Viette, 1956, and A. toxopeusi Viette, 1956, from New Guinea, and A. cohici Viette, 1961 from New Caledonia. The four new species are illustrated and compared with superficially similar species in morphology and, for two species, molecular (mtDNA COI gene) sequences. 

Helminth parasites of the grassland melomys (Muridae : Hydromyinae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 369 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Smales
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Host Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Helminth Species ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
South Wales

This study documents the helminth assemblages of grassland melomys: Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887), Melomys sp. cf. burtoni and Melomys lutillus (Thomas, 1913). In total, 22 helminth species comprising one cestode and 21 nematodes from 112 hosts were found. All the specimens of Physaloptera spp. examined proved to be Physaloptera banfieldi Johnston & Mawson, 1941 with P. troughtoni Johnston & Mawson, 1941 the junior synonym. The dominant helminth group was the trichostrongyloid nematodes including Odilia melomyos (Mawson, 1961) and O. mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961). The most prevalent, O. melomyos, occurred in each of the host species across all areas sampled (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and Western Australia). The helminth assemblage of M. burtoni from hosts from New South Wales and Queensland was the most diverse. The helminths of M. burtoni from the Northern Territory and of M. lutillus from Papua New Guinea were subsets of that assemblage. That of M. cf. burtoni from Western Australia, with only six helminth species, was not dominated by trichostrongyloids, three of the six species were not found in other localities, and, with Sorensen’s Indices of 18.2% when compared with the helminths from Papua New Guinea and the Northern Territory and 24% when compared with Queensland, was the least similar. No substantial differences were found between the helminth assemblages of the grassland melomys group, excluding M. cf. burtoni, and Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852), the fawn footed melomys. This was reflected in a Sorensen’s Index of 67.9%. The time between the arrival of Melomys into Australia during the Pleistocene and the present day suggests that the trichostrongyloids O. melomyos, O. mackerrasae and O. mawsonae (Durette-Desset, 1969) may have travelled with their rodent hosts from New Guinea to Australia and other helminths in the assemblage may have been acquired in Australia.

scholarly journals A Synthesis of Data, Model-Based Analyses, and Refinements of Possible Management Scenarios for Bison and Elk in the Jackson Valley

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 98-124
Author(s):  
Linda Zeigenfuss ◽  
Francis Singer ◽  
Michael Rock ◽  
Matt Tobler
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Private Lands ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Private Housing ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
The Town

The elk and bison winter ranges in the Jackson Valley lie on a land complex consisting of Grand Teton NP (GTNP), National Elk Refuge (NER), town of Jackson, private ranches, and private housing developments. To reduce conflicts on these private lands, elk and bison are artificially fed alfalfa pellets at several feedgrounds located on the National Elk Refuge, the Gros Ventre Valley (Bridger-Teton NF), and south of the town. The concentrations of elk may be altering vegetation communities, especially riparian willow, aspen, buffaloberry, and other woody shrubs near the feedgrounds. Managers are concerned about these possible alterations. Human developments, human alterations, artificial feeding and high incidence of brucellosis in elk and bison complicate management of free-ranging ungulates in Grand Teton NP and the Jackson Valley. Managers need additional information on predicted land use changes, feeding scenarios, and ungulate-disease relations in the Jackson Valley to guide their management decisions.

Bactrocera tryoni. [Distribution map].

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Bactrocera Tryoni ◽  
South Wales ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) Diptera: Tephritidae Attacks fruits (including fruit-vegetables such as tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and Capsicum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, USA, California, SOUTH AMERICA, Easter Island, OCEANIA, Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.

Puccinia ferruginea. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
East Russia

Abstract A description is provided for P. ferruginea. Information on dispersal and transmission, geographical distribution (Kenya; Sierra Leone; Bangladesh; Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Yunnan, China; Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India; Indonesia; Japan; Russian Far East, Russia; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Northern Territory, Australia; and Papua New Guinea), and host plants (Heterosmilax gaudichaudiana, H. japonica, Smilax arisanensis, S. aspera, S. bracteata, S. davidiana, S. discotis, S. elegans, S. ferox, S. glauco-china, S. hypoglauca, S. lanceifolia, S. microphylla, S. nipponica, S. riparia, S. sieboldii, S. stans and S. zeylanica) is included.

Chaetomium brasiliense. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Transmission Biology

Abstract C. brasiliense is described and illustrated. Information on symptoms of the disease caused by C. brasiliense, host range (mainly horticultural and field crops, trees, wood, man, dung and artefacts), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Namibia; Nigeria; Tanzania; Swaziland; Ontario, Canada; California, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas, USA; Pernambuco, Brazil; Ecuador; Bangladesh; India; Japan; Malaysia; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Russia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Northern Territory, Australia; Great Britain; Kuwait; Spain; Saudi Arabia; and Solomon Islands), transmission, biology and conservation status is presented.

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