scholarly journals Three new species of Ctenotus (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, with comments on the status of Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensi

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Horner
Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4418 (2) ◽  
pp. 136 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRIAN V TIMMS

Recent collections from the remote Kimberley in Western Australia, have added three species to the known fauna of gnammas, Limnadopsis multilineata Timms, 2009 and two new species described herein, Eulimnadia kimberleyensis sp. nov. and Ozestheria pellucida sp. nov.. A further gnamma icon, Paralimnadia laharum sp. nov. is added from the Grampians in western Victoria. The numerous records of clam shrimps from Australian gnammas are examined.


1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 787 ◽  
Author(s):  
PJ Suter

A new genus, Wundacaenis, is erected for three new species of Australian caenid mayflies. The genus is diagnosed by possession of distinctive lobes on the anterolateral margins of the mesonotum. The distribution of Wundacaenis extends from the Kimberleys in Western Australia, through the Alligator Rivers Region in the Northern Territory, and down the eastern coast to the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales.


Author(s):  
Hugh M Morrison ◽  
Lisa A Kirkendale ◽  
Nerida G Wilson

ABSTRACT Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 is a morphologically distinct gastropod genus of low diversity. All but one species are known from Australia and they occur from the intertidal zone down to hundreds of metres on the continental shelf. These carnivorous gastropods are thought to have intracapsular development. The six currently recognized extant species are reviewed here and their geographical ranges clarified. Two new species, Tudivasum chaneyi n. sp. and T. ashmorense n. sp., are described from Ashmore Reef, Western Australia, and are characterized by differences in protoconch colour and shell sculpture. The third new species, T. westrale n. sp., is described from the mid-west coast of Western Australia, where it has long been misidentified as T. spinosum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864). We generated a molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data to test morphological species concepts and reconstruct relationships among four of the described species. High levels of divergence within one of the new species could indicate an additional cryptic species.


Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2011 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
MASSIMO MEREGALL ◽  
FABIO TALAMELLI

The genus Epexochus Reitter is revised, its morphological characters are defined and the differences from the most closely related genera, Leucochromus Motschulsky and Eurycleonus Bedel, are outlined. All the populations of Epexochus from Kazakhstan and north-western China (Xinjiang) are referred to a single species, E. lehmanni (Ménétries). The status of Exochus latus Chevrolat is discussed and its name is formally synonymised with lehmanni. According to Art. 45.6.4.1 of the ICZN (1999), the name lehmanni var. consobrinus Faust, originally proposed for a colour variant and misidentified by Ter-Minasyan, is deemed to be subspecific and thus a synonym of lehmanni. Three new species are described in the genus: E. korotyaevi sp. n. (type locality: southern Tajikistan, Shaar-tuz region), characterised by the pronotum curved towards the elytra and by slender, lanceolate scales; E. voriseki sp. n. (type locality: central Uzbekistan, Gazli), characterised by small size, only slightly convex elytra and long hair-like setae, and E. mongolicus sp. n. (type locality: western Mongolia, Kobdoskij Aimak), characterised by large size, convex elytra with flat intervals and an elongate lamella of the aedeagus.


Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 859 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAMER HELMY ◽  
ROB W.M. VAN SOEST

Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae), a pantropical genus of reef and mangrove sponges, was recently recorded for the first time from the Red Sea suggesting a rarity which is not sustained by new reef surveys in the Gulf of Aqaba. Here we describe four species of Amphimedon occurring commonly in the Gulf of Aqaba. Among these, three are new to science, A. dinae sp.nov., A. jalae sp.nov. and A. hamadai sp.nov., the fourth one has been recently described as A. chloros Ilan et al., 2004. Although the latter species and our three new species are the first definite Ampimedon species recorded from the Red Sea, at least one previously described sponge from the region, Ceraochalina ochracea Keller, 1889 is suspected to belong to this genus as well. The status of the described and suspected Red Sea Amphimedon is discussed and compared to species recorded from neighbouring Indian Ocean waters.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4242 (3) ◽  
pp. 548
Author(s):  
OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ◽  
JOSÉ MONZÓN-SIERRA

We describe three new species in the genus Glaphyrosoma: G. magnaproctalis n. sp., G. franciscoasturiasi n. sp. and G. hectorcentenoi n. sp. We provide new data on the distribution of G. karnyi, G. beretka and G. anderi in Guatemala. We propose G. bruneri as nomen dubium and we define the status of specimens recorded as G. gracile in Guatemala and Costa Rica. We also include a species distribution map of this genus with the information available to us up to date and a key to species. 


Mycologia ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orson K. Miller

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. STEVENS

New species of Ericaceae recently collected in Papua New Guinea necessitate a re-evaluation of the status of Agapetes subgenus Paphia section Paphia. The combination of molecular and morphological data confirms that Agapetes, currently a genus of about 100 species from Fiji, New Caledonia and Queensland to mainland SE Asia, and most diverse in the latter area, cannot be maintained in its current circumscription. Various taxonomic solutions that do justice to our current knowledge of the morphology and relationships of the two main parts of the genus are discussed. The reinstatement of Paphia does least violence nomenclaturally. All 23 taxa recognized in Paphia are listed, 14 new combinations of Agapetes from the New Guinea–SW Pacific area are made in Paphia, three new species are described (P. megaphylla, P. vulcanicola and P. woodsii), and an incompletely known taxon is characterized. A key to all taxa is presented. In Dimorphanthera, five new species are described (D. angiliensis, D. anomala, D. antennifera, D. cratericola and D. inopinata), three reduced to synonymy, one reduced to a variety and one variety recognized as a species (D. continua). A key to the 87 taxa currently recognized in the genus is presented.


Crustaceana ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (11) ◽  
pp. 1337-1351
Author(s):  
A.J. Bruce

AbstractA new species of the genus Typtonychus Bruce from the Kimberley region of Western Australia is described and illustrated. The status of T. dimorphus Bruce is reconsidered and T. infaustus sp. nov. is designated. Six species of the genus Typtonychus are now known, all from the Australia-New Caledonia-Japan region. A key is provided for their identification.


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