Two new species of the bee genus Leioproctus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) that forage from flowers of bloodroot (genus Haemodorum)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 38 (2023) | Updated 15 Dec 2023
Records 38 — 2023 35 35 Michael Batley and Terry F. Houston 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.38.2023.035-048 ABSTRACT – Two new species of Leioproctus ( L. aureofimbriatus from eastern New South Wales and L. haemodori from south-western Australia) are described. Both species have been found only when visiting ...
Notes on the identification of Uperoleia Gray, 1841 toadlets from the Darwin region of the Northern Territory, with comments on the ecology, detection, and conservation management of the Vulnerable Howard River Toadlet (U. daviesae)
Records 38 — 2023 27 27 Renee A. Catullo, Peter McDonald, Alistair Stewart and Shengyao Lin 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.38.2023.027-034 ABSTRACT – Three species of Uperoleia toadlets occur in the Darwin region, and are difficult to tell apart due to similar size and colouration. Identification has generally relied on differences in ...
A new species of spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the mulga woodlands of inland Western Australia
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 38 (2023) | Updated 10 May 2023
Records 38 — 2023 11 11 Ross A. Sadlier, Cecilie A. Beatson, Ian Brennan and Aaron M. Bauer 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.38.2023.011-026 ABSTRACT – A new species of spiny-tailed gecko, Strophurus spinula sp. nov., is described from inland areas of southern Western Australia. Among its diagnostic features are a discontinuous mostly ...
Satellite tracking Ghost Bats (Macroderma gigas) in the Pilbara, Western Australia
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 38 (2023) | Updated 14 Mar 2023
recorded. The Pilbara Ghost Bat is confirmed to be foraging across a varied habitat and over distances not ...
Notes on a new method to identify Golden Bandicoot and Northern Brown Bandicoot in the Kimberley region
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 37 (2022) | Updated 14 Dec 2022
Records 37 — 2022 57 57 K.J. Travouillon 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.37.2022.057-060 ABSTRACT – The two species of bandicoots that occur in the Kimberley region are particularly difficult to tell apart as they have no distinctive features other than size. A new method is proposed here to identify the ...
Middle Eocene echinoids from the western Eucla Basin, Western Australia
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 37 (2022) | Updated 8 Nov 2022
the earliest known member of the Fossulasteridae and the earliest known record of a marsupiate ...
Thirty-six years a synonym: the nomenclatural tale of the Pilbara blue-tailed skink, Lerista chalybura Storr, 1985 (Squamata: Scincidae)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 37 (2022) | Updated 4 Aug 2022
Records 37 — 2022 26 26 Ryan J. Ellis and Chris G. Knuckey 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.37.2022.026-030 Thirty-six years a synonym: the nomenclatural tale of the Pilbara blue-tailed skink, Lerista chalybura Storr, 1985 (Squamata: Sc ...
A Guide to the Ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and Biology
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 25 May 2022
ABSTRACT – This paper, the second of two parts comprising this volume, outlines the distribution and biology of the Western Australian ant fauna addressed in part one. ...
Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 37 (2022) | Updated 25 May 2022
Records 37 — 2022 22 22 K.P. Aplin, M.A. Cowan and P. Doughty issn.0312-3162.37.2022.022-025 Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species ...
Three new species of Sollasella (Porifera: Demospongiae: Axinellida: Raspailiidae) from Western Australia
Records 37 — 2022 1 1 Jane Fromont and Nerida G. Wilson issn.0312-3162.37.2022.001-021 ABSTRACT – The sponge genus Sollasella has three named species, two from eastern Australia, (Queensland and New South Wales) and one from the western Arabian Sea. Using a combination of morphological and molecular ...