ACANTHODIAN DENTAL ELEMENTS FROM THE TRUNDLE BEDS (LOWER DEVONIAN) OF NEW SOUTH WALES
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 14 Jan 2013
Abstract - Acanthodian dental elements from the Trundle beds (Lochkovian-Pragian) of central New South Wales include dentigerous jaw bone fragments, tooth whorls, single teeth, and dentition cones sensu Valiukevicus. Among acanthodians, only members of th ...
BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF KOOLAN ISLAND, WESTERN AUTRALIA 1. FLORA AND VEGETATION
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 19 Sep 2012
- A total of 282 plant taxa have been recorded from five major vegetation units on Koolan Island at the head of the Yampi Peninsula. This represents over a quarter of the flora recorded for the Fitzgerald Botanical District. A total of 12 new naturalised weeds were recorded from the island. The closure of the ...
BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF KOOLAN ISLAND, WESTERN AUTRALIA 2. ZOOLOGICAL NOTES
Abstract - In terms of its biota, Koolan is the most thoroughly inventoried island on the Kimberley coast. We provide annotated lists of the animal species known from the island: three earthworms, eight land snails, two scorpions, one centipede, nine spid ...
CHRYSIPTERA KUITERI, A NEW SPECIES OF DAMSELFISH (POMACENTRIDAE) FROM INDONESIA AND SRI LANKA
Abstract : A new species of pomacentrid, Chrysiptera kuiteri , is described from three specimens. The first specimen was collected during 1991 off northern Bali, Indonesia. Two additional specimens were captured at northwestern Sri Lanka in 1994. It is cl ...
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF HARDYHEAD, CRATEROCEPHALUS FISTULARIS, (PISCES ATHERINIDAE) FROM IRIAN JAYA
Abstract - A new species of hardyhead, Craterocephalus fistularis , is described from Lake Kamakawaiar (Triton Lakes 3°47'S 134°14'E) in Irian Jaya. This fish is distinctive with upper and lower jaws slightly extended, giving the mouth a flute o ...
EVAPORATIVE WATER LOSS AND COLOUR CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT TREE FROG LITORIA RUBELLA (AMPHIBIA HYLIDAE)
Abstract - The desert tree frog, Litoria rubella , is a small (2-4 g) frog found in northern Australia. These tree frogs typically rest in a water-conserving posture, and are moderately water-proof. Their evaporative water loss when in the water-conservin ...
NOTES ON THE ETHOLOGY OF ROLANDIA MACULATA (HYMENOPTERA VESPIDAE MASARINAE), A POLLEN WASP WITH A PSAMMOPHORE
Abstract - Rolandia maculata (Meade-Waldo), a pollen wasp restricted to southwestern Australia, produces a single summer generation of adults. A nesting population was observed in Kings Park, Perth, where females excavated burrows solitarily in level sand ...
REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN WASP GENUS MACROTHYNNUS TURNER (HYMENOPTERA TIPHIIDAE THYNNINAE)
Abstract - The thynnine genus Macrathynnus is revised. Both M. insignis (Smith) and M. simillimus (Smith) are redescribed together with two new species, M. mustus and M. watheroaerzsis. M. malitar (Smith) is removed from synonymy with M. simillimus and M. ...
A NEW DIPLODACTYLUS, SUBGENUS STROPHURUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 20 Feb 2015
A NEW DIPLODACTYLUS, SUBGENUS STROPHURUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ...
A NEW CAVERNICOLOUS PLANTHOPPER OF THE FAMILY MEENOPLIDAE FROM NEW CALEDONIA (HEMIPTERA FULGOROIDEA)
Abstract - A new troglobitic meenoplid species, Eponisia hypogaea sp. nov., is described from a limestone cave in New Caledonia, representing the first known cave-dwelling meenoplid species from the island. Notes on its ecology and generic placement are g ...