DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF HARDYHEAD, CRATEROCEPHALUS FISTULARIS, (PISCES ATHERINIDAE) FROM IRIAN JAYA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 17 (1995–1996) | Updated 14 Jan 2013
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 ...
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 ...
A NEW GENUS OF CENTIPEDE, AUSTRALOSCHENDYLA (CHILOPODA GEOPHILOMORPHA SCHENDYLIDAE), FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract - A new centipede genus Australoscherzdyla and two new species, A. capensis and A. albanyensis , (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), are described from the Exmouth and Albany areas in Western Australia. ...
A NEW SPECIES OF CARDINALFISHES (APOGONIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract - A new species of apogonid fish is described on the basis of five trawl-captured specimens from northwestern Australia. A. fuscomaculatus , sp. nov. appears to be most closely related to A. striatus from the Indo-Malay Archipelago. The two speci ...
A NEW STYGIOCHIROPUS FROM A NORTH WEST CAPE (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) COASTAL PLAIN CAVE (DIPLOPODA POLYDESMIDA PARADOXOSOMATIDAE)
Abstract - Stygiochiropus peculiaris sp. nov., is described from Camerons Cave, North West Cape, Western Australia. The new species is profoundly modified for cave life and its gonopods are more complex than in other Stygiochiropus species. ...
A REVIEW OF THE WATER MITE FAMILY PIONIDAE IN AUSTRALIA (ACARINA HYGROBATOIDEA)
Abstract - The Australian Pionidae consists of 11 species in six genera: Larri gen. novo (with type species L. laffa sp. nov.), Australotiphys Cook (with A. magnisetus Cook, A. himonills sp. novo and A. barmlltai sp. nov.), Acercella Lundblad (with A. fal ...
AN UNUSUAL BUTTON-FORM AUSTRALITE FROM EARAHEEDY STATION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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BIOSYSTEMATICS OF AUSTRALIAN MYGALOMORPH SPIDERS DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF MISSULENA FROM SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA (ARANEAE MYGALOMORPHAE ACTINOPODIDAE)
Abstract - A new species of Missulena from west of Albany, southwestern Australia is described and notes on its biology presented. Missulena rugosum Ausserer is tentatively reinstated. ...
BIOTRATIGRAPHY OF DEVONIAN MICROVERTEBRATES FROM BROKEN RIVER, NORTH QUEENSLAND
Abstract - Microvertebrate faunas from acid-leached residues from the Broken River region of north Queensland are dated by accompanying conodonts and span the interval serotinus (late Emsian) to asymmetricus (earliest Frasnian) zones. ...