Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1786779
J. Anderson, G. Keppel, S. Thomson, J. Gibbs, G. Brunetti
ABSTRACT Morialta Conservation Park is a scenic protected area that contains important vegetation remnants of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Here we investigate the vegetation ecology, soils and plant diversity of the park. Using a stratified, quantitative survey of woody vegetation and topsoils throughout the park within forty-five 10 × 10 m plots, we identified ten distinct vegetation types, nine being native and the other being dominated by the invasive European olive (Olea europaea). Soil conductivity and fertility, as well as aspect, were significant predictors of species composition, indicating that high environmental heterogeneity in soils and topography are important in facilitating the high biodiversity in the Morialta Conservation Park. The European olive and Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera) are widespread in the park and a threat to native vegetation. Using published plant lists and the Atlas of Living Australia, we report 486 native (and 300 introduced) plant taxa from the park and its immediate surrounds, including species considered endangered at either the state or national level, or the IUCN Red List. Therefore, the park is highly important for conservation and the threat posed by the European olive, Boneseed and other invasive species should be effectively managed.
{"title":"High diversity of native plants and vegetation types in the Morialta Conservation Park and the threat of invasive species","authors":"J. Anderson, G. Keppel, S. Thomson, J. Gibbs, G. Brunetti","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1786779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1786779","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Morialta Conservation Park is a scenic protected area that contains important vegetation remnants of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Here we investigate the vegetation ecology, soils and plant diversity of the park. Using a stratified, quantitative survey of woody vegetation and topsoils throughout the park within forty-five 10 × 10 m plots, we identified ten distinct vegetation types, nine being native and the other being dominated by the invasive European olive (Olea europaea). Soil conductivity and fertility, as well as aspect, were significant predictors of species composition, indicating that high environmental heterogeneity in soils and topography are important in facilitating the high biodiversity in the Morialta Conservation Park. The European olive and Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera) are widespread in the park and a threat to native vegetation. Using published plant lists and the Atlas of Living Australia, we report 486 native (and 300 introduced) plant taxa from the park and its immediate surrounds, including species considered endangered at either the state or national level, or the IUCN Red List. Therefore, the park is highly important for conservation and the threat posed by the European olive, Boneseed and other invasive species should be effectively managed.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85860121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1840772
I. Beveridge
ABSTRACT Cloacina celata n. sp. (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) is described from the stomach of the black-striped wallaby, Notamacropus dorsalis (Gray) from Queensland. It differs from congeners in possessing bosses lining the anterior region of the oesophagus, a dorsal oesophageal denticle, an inflated cervical cuticle and the excretory pore opening posterior to the oesophageal junction. Cloacina io Beveridge, 1998 is reported for the first time from the same host species. Both species appear to be uncommon and occur at low intensities. The technical obstacles to finding and describing such uncommon species are discussed.
摘要:来自昆士兰州黑条纹小袋鼠Notamacropus dorsalis (Gray)的胃中发现了一种名为Cloacina celata n. sp.(线虫纲:圆线虫总科)的小袋鼠。它与同类的不同之处在于具有衬于食道前部的凸壁、食道小齿的背侧、膨大的颈角质层和食道连接处后方的排泄孔。Cloacina io Beveridge, 1998年首次报道来自同一寄主种。这两个物种似乎都不常见，发生在低强度。讨论了发现和描述这些罕见物种的技术障碍。
{"title":"Cloacina celata n. sp. and a new record of C. io Beveridge, 1998 (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) parasitic in the black-striped wallaby, Notamacropus dorsalis (Gray) from Queensland","authors":"I. Beveridge","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1840772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1840772","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cloacina celata n. sp. (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) is described from the stomach of the black-striped wallaby, Notamacropus dorsalis (Gray) from Queensland. It differs from congeners in possessing bosses lining the anterior region of the oesophagus, a dorsal oesophageal denticle, an inflated cervical cuticle and the excretory pore opening posterior to the oesophageal junction. Cloacina io Beveridge, 1998 is reported for the first time from the same host species. Both species appear to be uncommon and occur at low intensities. The technical obstacles to finding and describing such uncommon species are discussed.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87922722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1747142
J. Menzies
ABSTRACT The complete skeleton and muscular systems of the burrowing microhylid frog, Barygenys maculata, are described and are compared to that of the morphologically similar burrowing African frog, Hemisus marmoratus. Based on morphological similarities it is assumed that their burrowing methods are similar though no direct observations have been made on Barygenys in life. What little is known about other aspects of the natural history of Barygenys species is also recounted.
{"title":"The musculoskeletal system and natural history of Barygenys maculata (Anura, Microhylidae) a burrowing frog of New Guinea","authors":"J. Menzies","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1747142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1747142","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The complete skeleton and muscular systems of the burrowing microhylid frog, Barygenys maculata, are described and are compared to that of the morphologically similar burrowing African frog, Hemisus marmoratus. Based on morphological similarities it is assumed that their burrowing methods are similar though no direct observations have been made on Barygenys in life. What little is known about other aspects of the natural history of Barygenys species is also recounted.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89561103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1725850
N. Pledge
ABSTRACT The discovery and collection of a fragmentary skeleton found in cliffs of the early Miocene Mannum Formation near Blanchetown, on the River Murray in South Australia, are recounted, and the specimen identified as that of a rare squalodontid whale, on the basis of a near-complete mandible retaining two dentate, triangular posterior teeth.
{"title":"A squalodontid whale from the early Miocene near Blanchetown, South Australia.","authors":"N. Pledge","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1725850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1725850","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The discovery and collection of a fragmentary skeleton found in cliffs of the early Miocene Mannum Formation near Blanchetown, on the River Murray in South Australia, are recounted, and the specimen identified as that of a rare squalodontid whale, on the basis of a near-complete mandible retaining two dentate, triangular posterior teeth.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74017343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1740957
Sentiko Ibalim, Scott V. C. Groom, J. Dorey, Alejandro Velasco-Castrillón, M. Schwarz, M. Stevens
ABSTRACT The halictine bee genus Homalictus (Apoidea: Halictidae) is distributed broadly across south east Asia, Indonesia, Australia and the archipelagos of the Pacific. The group is well represented in the bee faunas of Australia and Papua New Guinea, but Homalictus is particularly important in the Pacific where it plays a keystone pollination role as the only endemic bee group in many islands. Understanding the origin and radiation of this genus is therefore important for understanding plant-bee co-evolution, not only in the Pacific, but the greater Oceania region. Previous studies have suggested that Homalictus has an Australian origin, and then dispersed northwards, but this is yet to be phylogenetically examined. Here we combine DNA sequences from the mitochondrial COI gene from Homalictus species from Papua New Guinea, the Pacific and Australia to infer the geographical and climatic origins of this group and subsequent dispersal events. Our results indicate a tropical origin for Homalictus in Australia, followed by multiple dispersals into the Pacific and subtropical, temperate and arid Australia. A tropical origin for Homalictus not only indicates the likely dispersal corridors for the ancestor of the group but has important implications for understanding social evolution in halictine bees.
{"title":"Origin and dispersal of Homalictus (Apoidea: Halictidae) across Australia, Papua New Guinea and Pacific","authors":"Sentiko Ibalim, Scott V. C. Groom, J. Dorey, Alejandro Velasco-Castrillón, M. Schwarz, M. Stevens","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1740957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1740957","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The halictine bee genus Homalictus (Apoidea: Halictidae) is distributed broadly across south east Asia, Indonesia, Australia and the archipelagos of the Pacific. The group is well represented in the bee faunas of Australia and Papua New Guinea, but Homalictus is particularly important in the Pacific where it plays a keystone pollination role as the only endemic bee group in many islands. Understanding the origin and radiation of this genus is therefore important for understanding plant-bee co-evolution, not only in the Pacific, but the greater Oceania region. Previous studies have suggested that Homalictus has an Australian origin, and then dispersed northwards, but this is yet to be phylogenetically examined. Here we combine DNA sequences from the mitochondrial COI gene from Homalictus species from Papua New Guinea, the Pacific and Australia to infer the geographical and climatic origins of this group and subsequent dispersal events. Our results indicate a tropical origin for Homalictus in Australia, followed by multiple dispersals into the Pacific and subtropical, temperate and arid Australia. A tropical origin for Homalictus not only indicates the likely dispersal corridors for the ancestor of the group but has important implications for understanding social evolution in halictine bees.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88520483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2019.1709006
{"title":"Index to the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol 134 to 143","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2019.1709006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2019.1709006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78944062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1756560
T. Worthy, Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen
ABSTRACT A complete annotated checklist of all species of birds based on fossil material known as of 2019 from continental Australia is presented. Taxa range from Cretaceous to Holocene in age. It includes synonyms with full bibliographic details and specifics of the type material in all cases, such as specimen or locality data, source local fauna and geological age. Nomina based on fossil material that are now synonymised under extant taxa are also included. The list includes 95 avian species, of which 78 are extinct, in 66 genera. Five extinct subspecies in modern genera are recognised. These species represent 33 family- and 19 ordinal-group taxa, or nearly half of modern avian orders.
{"title":"An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia","authors":"T. Worthy, Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1756560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1756560","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A complete annotated checklist of all species of birds based on fossil material known as of 2019 from continental Australia is presented. Taxa range from Cretaceous to Holocene in age. It includes synonyms with full bibliographic details and specifics of the type material in all cases, such as specimen or locality data, source local fauna and geological age. Nomina based on fossil material that are now synonymised under extant taxa are also included. The list includes 95 avian species, of which 78 are extinct, in 66 genera. Five extinct subspecies in modern genera are recognised. These species represent 33 family- and 19 ordinal-group taxa, or nearly half of modern avian orders.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84952772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2019.1655935
O. Lam-Gordillo, R. Baring, S. Dittmann
ABSTRACT The tortoise-crab Cryptocnemus vincentianus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Leucosiidae) was first described in 1927 based on one specimen, and with only one specimen recorded since, nothing is known about its biology. We document 11 recently discovered individuals of this species from the Gulf St. Vincent in South Australia. The original description was based on a single female, whilst our records comprise five females and six males. The morphology of male individuals of this species is described for the first time. Male specimens were smaller than female C. vincentianus. The habitat consisted of medium to coarse sediment in depth to 20 m. The crab was rare based on both occurrence (constancy index <10%) and abundance (<0.001% of all macrofauna recorded). Comments on the conservation status of the species are provided.
{"title":"Rediscovering the tortoise-crab, Cryptocnemus vincentianus Hale, 1927 (Brachyura: Leucosiidae)","authors":"O. Lam-Gordillo, R. Baring, S. Dittmann","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2019.1655935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2019.1655935","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The tortoise-crab Cryptocnemus vincentianus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Leucosiidae) was first described in 1927 based on one specimen, and with only one specimen recorded since, nothing is known about its biology. We document 11 recently discovered individuals of this species from the Gulf St. Vincent in South Australia. The original description was based on a single female, whilst our records comprise five females and six males. The morphology of male individuals of this species is described for the first time. Male specimens were smaller than female C. vincentianus. The habitat consisted of medium to coarse sediment in depth to 20 m. The crab was rare based on both occurrence (constancy index <10%) and abundance (<0.001% of all macrofauna recorded). Comments on the conservation status of the species are provided.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74306448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-10DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2019.1624932
Garrett M. Coleman, I. Beveridge, R. A. Campbell
ABSTRACT The cestode genus Caulobothrium Baer, 1948 is reported from the Australian region for the first time with the description of C. pedunculatum sp. nov. from the spiral intestine of the stingray Pastinachus ater (Macleay) (Dasyatidae) from the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. The new species is differentiated from congeners by the presence of 56–62 loculi per bothridium, two rows of paired loculi, the location of the genital pore and the distribution of the 60–91 testes in the mature segment.
{"title":"Caulobothrium pedunculatum sp. nov., a new species of cestode (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Australian stingrays (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea)","authors":"Garrett M. Coleman, I. Beveridge, R. A. Campbell","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2019.1624932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2019.1624932","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The cestode genus Caulobothrium Baer, 1948 is reported from the Australian region for the first time with the description of C. pedunculatum sp. nov. from the spiral intestine of the stingray Pastinachus ater (Macleay) (Dasyatidae) from the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. The new species is differentiated from congeners by the presence of 56–62 loculi per bothridium, two rows of paired loculi, the location of the genital pore and the distribution of the 60–91 testes in the mature segment.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74754338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-28DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2019.1616897
Yanhong Yao, Y. Xu, Z. Zhao, K. Davies
ABSTRACT The genus of Tripylina is reported for the first time from Australia based on two known species. Identifications were made as follows: Tripylina macroseta was characterized by having a female with a triangular dorsal tooth posterior to the subventral teeth, body length 832–1064 μm, a = 19–33, b = 4.4–5.5, c = 11–15, c’ = 2.3–4.2 and V = 57–69%; and Tripylina sheri was characterized by having a female with a triangular dorsal tooth posterior to the subventral teeth, one ventromedian seta in the cervical region, body length 981–1325 μm, a = 21–35, b = 4.5–5.2, c = 14–19, c’ = 2.5–3.6, V = 62–67%, with one pair of caudal setae on the tail in some specimens.
摘要本文首次在澳大利亚从两个已知种中分离出Tripylina属。结果表明:大尾三角鱼(Tripylina macroseta)雌性为腹下齿后三角形背齿，体长832 ~ 1064 μm, a = 19 ~ 33, b = 4.4 ~ 5.5, c = 11 ~ 15, c′= 2.3 ~ 4.2,V = 57 ~ 69%;雌性Tripylina sheri具有腹下齿后的三角形背齿，颈部腹正中有1根刚毛，体长981 ~ 1325 μm, a = 21 ~ 35, b = 4.5 ~ 5.2, c = 14 ~ 19, c′= 2.5 ~ 3.6,V = 62 ~ 67%，部分标本尾部有一对尾刚毛。
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