{"title":"The provenance of diagnostic specimens of the ‘New Guinea Singing Dog’","authors":"P. Dwyer, Monica Minnegal","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.63.2021.2021-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.63.2021.2021-01","url":null,"abstract":"The New Guinea Singing Dog (NGSD) has been diagnosed as a distinct taxon on the basis of (1) two live animals, thought to be wild dogs, either free-living or captive, at the times when they were obtained by Europeans, (2) cranial material from 26 dogs, captive-bred descendants of the original pair, and (3) a single skull reportedly from a free-living wild dog. The NGSD is currently regarded as a behaviourally, morphologically and genetically distinct wild dog found at scattered high-altitude locations on mainland New Guinea, isolated from places where people live and, hence, largely isolated from village dogs associated with those people. We examined historical records to show that few, if any, of the founding members from the captive population of NGSDs, or dogs that served to diagnose Canis hallstromi Troughton, 1957, were, in fact, wild dogs or recent descendants of wild dogs. The continuing insistence that high altitude, wild-living NGSDs are a discrete population of dogs is incorrect. Rather, we recommend additional studies of village-living dogs across the span of altitudes and contend that these would yield much information about what was once a pan-New Guinean population of an unusual, and archaic, form of domestic dog.","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79595924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new species of Unixenus Jones, 1944 (Diplopoda, Polyxenidae) found in far north Queensland, Australia","authors":"Cuong Huynh, A. Veenstra","doi":"10.17082/J.2204-1478.63.2021.2020-08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.63.2021.2020-08","url":null,"abstract":"Unixenus Jones, 1944 (Polyxenidae) is the dominant genus of penicillate millipedes found throughout mainland Australia. Herein, a new species, Unixenus mossmanus sp. nov., is described from coastal forest near Mossman. The new species is similar to U. karajinensis, sharing the same sensilla pattern on antennal article VI and the same arrangement of leg setae. Unixenus mossmanus sp. nov. differs by having only 3 ornamental trichomes c per side (v. 5-9), 2 pairs coxal glands in the male (v. 6 pairs), and a slender claw (v. robust). These characteristics differ from those of U. karajinensis, which has 5–9 ornamental trichomes c; 6 pairs coxal glands in male; and a robust claw structure. 18S sequence of Unixenus mossmanus sp. nov. is included.","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"32 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79019356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A return to Hayman Island: revisiting Australia’s only recorded cone snail fatality after 85 years","authors":"J. Healy","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.63.2021.2020-09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.63.2021.2020-09","url":null,"abstract":"The death of Charles Hugh Garbutt from a cone snail ‘sting’ inflicted at Hayman Island on the Great Barrier Reef marked both a family tragedy and an important moment in Australian medical and malacological history. However, aside from newspaper reports and the few witness statements given at the coronial inquiry, the events of that day in June 1935 and its immediate aftermath have never been critically evaluated. As memories of what happened have either faded or been partly distorted with the passage of time, the fatality today remains only a footnote in the history of studies on the Conidae and their complex, pharmaceutically-valuable venoms. The species involved, Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758, is now recognised as the most dangerous to humans of the Conidae and responsible for most and possibly all recorded fatalities. After 85 years, the case is revisited using available evidence including newspaper reports, relevant scientific and popular literature, witness statements, archival documents and the actual specimen responsible for the fatality. While tragic and probably avoidable, the death, via its extensive coverage by the press, undoubtedly has helped to save lives by educating a public largely unaware of the dangers from something as seemingly harmless as a sea snail. It is also concluded that Charles Garbutt, when all factors are considered, was most unfortunate to have lost his life in the way that he did. For future cone envenomations it is recommended that photography (if possible) of the specimen involved would assist both in patient reassurance and medical treatment.","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82061296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Male Combat in the Yellow-Faced Whipsnake (Demansia psammophis)","authors":"Janne J. Torkkola","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.63.2021.2020-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.63.2021.2020-13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77358243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the identity of several Queensland camaenids: a reappraisal of their type specimens, accuracy of type localities and their association with extant populations (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae: Figuladra)","authors":"Lorelle Stanisic, J. Stanisic","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.62.2020.2020-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.62.2020.2020-02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"363 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74165843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Barton, J. Pogonoski, S. Appleyard, J. J. Johnson, M. Hammer
{"title":"Observations of ‘pseudoparasitism’ involving snake eels (Teleostei: Ophichthidae) in commercially important Black Jewfish Protonibea diacanthus (Sciaenidae) and other teleost species","authors":"D. Barton, J. Pogonoski, S. Appleyard, J. J. Johnson, M. Hammer","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.62.2020.2019-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.62.2020.2019-03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85845708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A revision of Gyrocochlea-grade Charopidae from mid-eastern Queensland and redescription and generic reassignment of three Gyrocochlea-grade species (Eupulmonata: Charopidae)","authors":"Lorelle Holcroft","doi":"10.17082/J.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-14","url":null,"abstract":"This study reviews the Gyrocochlea-grade charopid snails of mid-eastern Queensland. Gyrocochlea auct., characterised by brown, biconcave shells with a diameter of 3-7 mm, has been shown to be polyphyletic (Shea et al. 2010). Gyrocochlea s.s. is confirmed as a genus geographically restricted to the Border Ranges of south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales (Stanisic 1990). This study utilised scanning electron microscopy of the shell architecture, qualitative and quantitative measurements of conchological features and anatomical dissection where suitable specimens were obtainable. Based on shell morphology, primarily protoconch sculptural patterns (as defined in Holcroft 2018), this study re-assigns three Gyrocochlea-grade species, G. chambersae (Stanisic, 2010), G. iuloidea (Forbes, 1851) and G. danieli (Stanisic, 2010) to three new genera, Stanisicaropa gen. nov., Whitcochlea gen.nov. and Radiolaropa gen.nov. respectively and diagnoses four new genera, Amfractaropa gen.nov., Comularopa gen.nov., Nodularopa gen. nov. and Xenoropa gen.nov. Five new species are described: Nodularopa samanthae sp. nov., Amfractaropa bretti sp. nov., Comularopa georginae sp. nov., Radiolaropa eungella sp. nov., and Xenoropa wigtonensis sp. nov. Mollusca, Eupulmonata, Charopidae, Gyrocochlea, protoconch sculpture, new genera, new species.","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"50 1","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87238006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Amey, P. Couper, J. W. Wilmer, Daniel J. Ferguson, A. Borsboom
{"title":"A two-toed population of the critically endangered Retro Slider Skink, Lerista allanae (Longman, 1937) (Reptilia: Scincidae)","authors":"A. Amey, P. Couper, J. W. Wilmer, Daniel J. Ferguson, A. Borsboom","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2018-04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2018-04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"7 1","pages":"71-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76889878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three new species of Cladethosoma Chamberlin, 1920 from southeast Queensland (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)","authors":"R. Mesibov","doi":"10.17082/J.2204-1478.61.2018.2018-06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.61.2018.2018-06","url":null,"abstract":"The eastern Australian millipede genus Cladethosoma Chamberlin, 1920 is represented in Queensland by C. monticola sp. nov., C. musgravei sp. nov., C. toowoomba sp. nov., and C. uncinatum Jeekel, 1987. The three new species all occur in the southeast of the State and are likely to be small-range endemics. C. toowoomba sp. nov. was first recorded in 2017 as a digital image on BowerBird, an Australian citizen science website. Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, new species, Queensland,","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"20 1","pages":"53-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76490609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trypanorhynch cestodes (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in elasmobranchs and crustaceans in Moreton Bay, Queensland","authors":"I. Beveridge, B. C. Schaeffner","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-13","url":null,"abstract":"Examination of 64 elasmobranchs comprising 13 species from Moreton Bay yielded 13 identifiable species of cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha Diesling, 1863. Two new species, Dollfusiella armata sp. nov. from Maculabatis toshi (Whitley, 1939) and M. cf. astra Last, ManjajiMatsumoto and Pogonoski, 2008, and Dollfusiella pilosa sp. nov. from Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) are described. Prochristianella odonoghuei Beveridge, 1990 becomes a junior synonym of Prochristianella butlerae Beveridge, 1990 based on identical strobilar and tentacular morphologies. Prochristianella omunae Beveridge and Justine, 2010 is reported from Australia for the first time, where it was recovered from the type host Neotrygon trigonoides (Castelnau, 1873). Additional new host records are included as well as extensions of known geographical distributions to now include south-eastern Queensland. Metacestodes were recovered from the digestive glands of yabbies, Trypaea australis (Dana, 1852), representing an undescribed species of Dollfusiella. Adults of this species were found in the spiral valves of N. trigonoides and Ae. ocellatus. Six species of metacestodes of trypanorhynch cestodes were recovered from the digestive glands of pistol shrimps, Alpheus spp. (A. richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971 and A. papillosus Banner & Banner, 1982). Of these, three were identified as Parachristianella monomegacantha Kruse, 1959, Prochristianella aciculata Beveridge and Justine, 2010 and Zygorhynchus robertsoni Beveridge and Campbell, 1988, the adults of all three species being originally reported from batoids. Two undescribed species of Dollfusiella and undescribed species of Parachristianella and Zygorhynchus were also recovered from alpheid shrimps; definitive hosts were identified for each species, but the material available was insufficient to allow formal descriptions. Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha, elasmobranchs, Callianassidae, Alpheidae, life cycles, new species. Beveridge, I. & Shaeffner, B.C. 110 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum | Nature 2018 61 limited to date. Beveridge (1990) reported a number of species of eutetrarhynchids from batoids in Moreton Bay, while Beveridge and Campbell (1988a) described Shirleyrhynchus butlerae Beveridge and Campbell, 1988 from Hemitrygon fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908) and recorded Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) from the same host species (Beveridge & Campbell 1996). Palm and Beveridge (2002) also reported tentaculariid trypanorhynchs from elasmobranchs and teleosts both within Moreton Bay and from the oceanic coast of North Stradbroke Island. However, there has been no systematic collecting of trypanorhynch cestodes in this region to date. The current report is part of an examination of the trypanorhynch fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. In an earlier publication, the larval trypanorhynch species in teleost fishes were reported (Beveridge et al. 2017a). In this paper, we report the adult species of trypanorhynchs encountered in elasmobranch","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":"2 1","pages":"109-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87759344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}