SEASONAL VARIATIONS OF SPERMATOGENESIS AND OF THE SEXUAL SEGMENT OF THE KIDNEY IN THE CARPET PYTHON, MORELIA SPILOTA IMBRICATA (SERPENTESBOIDAE)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 15 (1991–1992) | Updated 11 Feb 2013
Abstract : Testes, vasa deferentla and kidneys of museum specimens of Morelia spilota imbricata from south-western Australia have been histologieally studies. Morelia spilota imbricata shows a prenuptial spermatogenetic pattern. During summer the germial ...
SCRUTTONIA (RUGOSA, CNIDARIA) FROM THE DEVONIAN OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Phillipsastrea delicatula Hill. 1936. from probably the early Frasnian (early Late Devonian) of the Lennard Shelf, Western Australia. is assigned to the cosmopolitan rugose coral genus Scruttonia . Its occurrence there supports the previously r ...
REDESCRIPTION OF AULACTINIA VERATRA N. COMB. (CNIDOPU VERATA) (COELENTERATA ACTINIARIA) FROM AUSTRALIA.
Abstract : The actinian described as Actinia veratra Drayton, 1846, and currently referred to as Cnidopus veratra , belongs to the genus Aulactinia . Discrepancies in the literature, particularly concerning ectodermal specializations of the column, led to ...
TWO NEW AND UNUSUAL SPECIES OF THE BEE GENUS LEIOPROCTUS SMITH (HYMENOPTERA COLLETIDAE), WITH NOTES ON THEIR BEHAVIOUR
Abstract : Two new species of Leioproclus sensu striclo , L. excubitor from Western and Central Australia and L. macmillani from south-western Australia. are described and fIgured. Males of both species have extraordinary antennae. excuhilor having the fI ...
DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF REDFIN PERCH PERCA FLUVIATILIS LINNAEUS AND WESTERN PYGMY PERCH EDELIA VITTATA CASTELNAU IN THE MURRAY RIVER SYSTEM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Introduction : Various workers including Moyle (1976) and Jackson and Williams (1980) have presented evidence that introduced fish species have a negative impact on native species. Fletcher (1986) summarized what is known about the effects of introduced f ...
A SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN EMBALLONURIDAE (MAMMALIA CHIROPTERA).
Abstract : Numerical and classical taxonomic approaches based on the morphology of the skull, teeth and external characters, including the morphology of the baculum and glans penis, have been applied to clarify the specific and generic status of the Austr ...
A REPLACEMENT NAME FOR LERISTA CONCOLOR STORR, 1990 (SQUAMATA SCINCIDAE).
FULL TEXT : In a recent note, Storr (1990) described as new Lerista concolor , from a single specimen from the Maitland River. Unfortunately, Lerista concolor Storr is a junior subjective homonym of Lygosoma (Rhodona) hipes concolor Werner, 1910, itself a ...
A REPLACEMENT NAME FOR BUPRESTIS SCALARIS GORY & LAPORTE (COLEOPTERA BUPRESTIDAE)
Abstract : Diadoxus regius nomen novum is proposed as a replacement name for Bupreslis scalaris Gory & Laporte, 1838 which is junior primary homonym of B. scalaris Boisduval, 1835. Bupreslis scalaris Gory & Laporte has its nomenclatural history di ...
A NEW TEMOGNATHA SPECIES (COLEOPTERA BUPRESTIDAE BUPRESTINAE) FROM NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA.
Abstract : Temognatha (Temognatha) aquilonia sp. nov., from north-east Queensland, is described and figured. It is placed with T. gigas (Carter, 1916) and T. parvicollis (Saunders, 1869) (including the subspecies T. parvicollis andromeda (Peterson, 1988) ...
A NEW SPECIES OF TYLOS AUDOUIN (ISOPODA ONISCIDEA TYLIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Trios tantabiddyi sp. nov. is described from specimens collected at Tantabiddy on the west coast of the Exmouth peninsula. wA. This is the third species of the genus found in Australia and the first from the wesl coast. A key to the Australian ...