{"title":"A revision of the Yoyetta abdominalis (Distant) species group of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae), introducing eight new species","authors":"D. Emery, N. Emery, L. Popple","doi":"10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1720","url":null,"abstract":"This study provides redescriptions of four medium-sized cicada species within the Y. abdominalis (Distant) species group, including Yoyetta aaede (Walker), Y. abdominalis, Y. denisoni (Distant) and Y. kershawi Goding & Froggatt stat. rev., comb. nov., from southeastern Australia. Eight new species of Yoyetta, belonging to this group are described, from eastern Australia. These are: Y. electrica sp. nov., Y. grandis sp. nov., Y. regalis sp. nov., Y. serrata sp. nov., Y. spectabilis sp. nov., Y. subalpina sp. nov., Y. timothyi sp. nov., and Y. verrens sp. nov. Sections describing morphological distinguishing features, distribution, habitat and behaviour, and calling songs (where available) are provided for each species with illustrations throughout. Additional locational records for Y. hunterorum (Moulds) are presented and its song described.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46699763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae)","authors":"M. Machado, R. Teixeira, G. Milledge","doi":"10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1698","url":null,"abstract":"Here we present a revision of the Australian species of Stephanopis. The type species S. altifrons is redescribed and S. aspera, S. depressa, S. monticola, S. elongata and S. scabra are considered its junior synonyms. Males of S. altifrons, S. angulata, S. nigra, S. armata, S. fissifrons and S. longimana are described for the first time. We propose neotypes for S. nigra and S. barbipes and describe the female of the latter. Nine species are considered species inquirendae, S. thomisoides as nomen dubium and S. cheesmanae is transferred to Phrynarachne. Seven new species are described, new distribution records are provided and comments are made about the validity of the genus and its relationship with Sidymella species and other Stephanopinae genera from the Australian region.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46130689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Sadlier, G. Frankham, Cecilie A. Beatson, M. Eldridge, J. Rowley
{"title":"Genetic evidence in support of the recognition of the Kaputar Rock Skink, one of New South Wales’ most range-restricted vertebrate species","authors":"R. Sadlier, G. Frankham, Cecilie A. Beatson, M. Eldridge, J. Rowley","doi":"10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1716","url":null,"abstract":"The existence of the Kaputar Rock Skink, a morphologically distinct Egernia population restricted to the Nandewar Ranges in northern New South Wales, has been known for decades. However, no comprehensive description or diagnosis of the taxon has been published in the scientific literature, and its distinctiveness largely assumed. As part of a study investigating the genetic differentiation of faunal populations on the Nandewar Range, comparisons between the Kaputar Rock Skink and east Australian Egernia striolata-group species were undertaken. The results indicate that the Kaputar Rock Skink is a distinct genetic lineage, showing species-level divergence from other Egernia species. Field studies suggest the Kaputar Rock Skink is restricted to an extremely narrow band of rock habitat above 1000 m or more in elevation, and only occupies retreat and sheltering sites near cliff edges or in areas of extensive outcropping rock. It now appears to be a cool-adapted species constrained to high elevation habitat by niche conservatism. Field studies suggest the availability of suitable habitat on the summit areas of the Nandewar Ranges is highly limited, making it vulnerable to several potentially threatening processes, including anthropogenic climate change. The name Contundo roomi was erected for the Kaputar Rock Skink by Wells & Wellington in 1985, and we recommend Egernia roomi (Wells & Wellington, 1985) as the name for the Kaputar Rock Skink.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44240129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Sadlier, D. Colgan, Cecilie A. Beatson, H. Cogger
{"title":"Ctenophorus spinodomus sp. nov., a new species of dragon lizard (Squamata: Agamidae) from Triodia Mallee habitat of southeast Australia","authors":"R. Sadlier, D. Colgan, Cecilie A. Beatson, H. Cogger","doi":"10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1700","url":null,"abstract":"Research into geographic variation in the agamid lizard Ctenophorus fordi supports a pattern of regional lineage diversity identified in earlier genetic studies, and provides new information on differences in morphology diagnostic of these lineages. One of the most genetically divergent and morphologically distinctive of these lineages is that consisting of populations from Triodia Mallee habitat of the red sandplains of inland southeast Australia. Populations from this region are the sister lineage to all other “C. fordi”, a suite of four genetically regionally discrete lineages distributed across the arid inland of southern Australia. They can be distinguished by a unique black “T” shaped chest pattern in adult males which, in combination with certain features of body proportions and scalation, diagnose the lineage from all other “C. fordi”. On the strength of these differences we describe populations belonging to this lineage as a new species, Ctenophorus spinodomus sp. nov. This new species is highly restricted in the habitat it occupies, and its ecology tied to a reliance on the presence of Triodia hummock grass groundcover (spinifex) for shelter, foraging and social interactions. It appears to be most abundant in areas of extensive and healthy Triodia that develop 20–50 years post-burn, and as a consequence too many or too few fires can both have negative impacts on the suitability of hummock grass groundcover for this species. Mallee habitat in southeast Australia is fragmented, and large fires in the smaller isolated areas of habitat could result in loss of suitable habitat for the species, resulting in localized extinction with no opportunity for recruitment. These factors in combination with ongoing loss of habitat place the remaining populations of C. spinodomus sp. nov. at a high level of vulnerability.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46973957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards a systematic revision of the eastern Australian land snail Austrochloritis Pilsbry, 1891 (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae): re-description of its type species, A. porteri (Cox, 1866)","authors":"M. Shea, F. Köhler","doi":"10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1699","url":null,"abstract":"Helix porteri Cox, 1866 is the type species of Austrochloritis Pilsbry, 1891, a speciose genus of camaenid land snail with a known range in eastern Australia stretching from Wilson’s Promontory in Victoria to southeastern Queensland. This species was first described based on material from two locations in New South Wales, “Upper Clarence River at Guy Faux Station” and “Upper Richmond River, at Cowlong”. These two locations are about 230 km apart from each other while all type material is considered to be lost. Comparative morpho-anatomy of specimens collected in the proximity of both type localities shows that the original concept of Helix porteri is based on two distinct species. Here we designate a neotype for this species from the Upper Richmond River area and provide a detailed redescription in order to remove any ambiguity about the identity of Austrochloritis porteri. Material from the vicinity of the second site mentioned in the original description of H. porteri, Guy Fawkes Station, is identified as Austrochloritis speculoris Shea & Griffiths, 2010. We describe key diagnostic features distinguishing both species.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49145325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The flint artefacts from two workshops at Wadi el-Sheikh, Eastern Desert, Egypt","authors":"Stan Florek, T. Hikade, Sarah Carter","doi":"10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1681","url":null,"abstract":"A stone quarry at Wadi el-Sheikh is recognized as an important source of flint in ancient Egypt. In 1896–1897 a substantial sample of stone artefacts, from fifteen separate workshops, was collected and placed in various museums across the world. This material remains virtually unknown, including two assemblages kept in Australia, which are analyzed in this study. It is evidenced that both workshops produced predominantly flint knives and a smaller number of cleavers for distribution away from the quarry, in an earlier part of the third millennium Before the Common Era (BCE) often referred to as the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150–2686 BCE) and Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE). There is a strong indication that the workshops represent a tiny portion of a large supply network. Two types of tools, a pick and a hoe, are recognized as digging implements associated with a quarry, but are also present on sites in Egypt where excavation took place.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49610607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Species of Heterolepismatinae (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) found on some remote eastern Australian Islands","authors":"Graeme B. Smith, A. Mitchell","doi":"10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1719","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47390268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of the Australian signal flies of the genus Microepicausta (Diptera: Platystomatidae)","authors":"D. Mcalpine","doi":"10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1675","url":null,"abstract":"Three Australian species of the platystomatid genus Microepicausta Hendel, 1914, are identified and keyed. Available information on their distribution and habitat is recorded. Elassogaster terrae-reginae Malloch, 1928, is a new junior synonym of Microepicausta gracilis Hendel, 1914. The following Australian species are described: Microepicausta fenestra sp. nov., Microepicausta wirthi sp. nov.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46356928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"David K. McAlpine bibliography from 1952 to the present","authors":"R. Cox, S. McEvey","doi":"10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1713","url":null,"abstract":"A complete list of the 103 peer-reviewed publications of the Australian Museum dipterist— David K. McAlpine—is presented. This list is compiled under Dr McAlpine’s oversight and has benefited from his input throughout. A separate and more complete list (157 works) is compiled as an online supplementary dataset (Cox, 2019), it includes reports, notes presented at meetings, and published newspaper or magazine pieces, many of which Dr McAlpine describes as popular or informal and lacking the scientific rigour he would normally apply. Records of the Australian Museum a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Australian Museum, Sydney communicating knowledge derived from our collections ISSN 0067-1975 (print), 2201-4349 (online)","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45099096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The genus Pseudopomyza (Diptera: Nerioidea) in Tasmania, with description of a new species","authors":"D. Mcalpine","doi":"10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.2201-4349.71.2019.1674","url":null,"abstract":"The family Pseudopomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) is recorded from Tasmania for the first time on the basis of two species, Pseudopomyza (Apops) arenae sp. nov. and P. (Dete) collessi McAlpine. Some details of the morphology of the head and antenna are recorded by means of scanning electron microscopy.","PeriodicalId":54505,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Australian Museum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43535132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}