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Absensomina weara Cartwright, 2010, sp. nov.
No full textAbsensomina weara sp. nov. Figs 1–6 Diagnosis. Absensomina weara is most similar to species of the genus Agmina from New Caledonia which also lack fork 3 in the hind wing (Ward and Schefter 2000). It differs from Agmina species in several characters, including the forewings each having both forks 2 and 3 with relatively long footstalks (Fig. 1) and small details of the male genitalia. Description. Head, body and wings fawn; length of forewing: male 2.6–3.2 mm, female 2.7 –3.0 mm; wing venation: as in generic description (Fig. 1). Male. Tergum X not apparent (Fig. 5). Superior appendages short and robust, in lateral view, subrectangular, length about twice height (Fig. 3), in dorsal view, length about same as width, each with 1 dorsal and 1 ventral mesal digitiform processes subapically (Fig. 5). Phallus tube-like with pair of long upturned dorsolateral processes near middle and short, partly retracted spine apically (Fig. 3). Inferior appendages in ventral view fused to form single, wide, strongly depressed semi-triangular plate, with short central process distally (Fig. 4); in lateral view slender, length about 5 times width (Fig. 3). Female. Genitalia with abdominal sternite VIII relatively broad, basally with small mesal process, not well developed (Figs 6, 6a); segment IX long, broad-based, tapered distally, segment X relatively short, slender (Fig. 6). Holotype male: Queensland, 1 male, Gunshot Ck, Telegraph Crossing, 11 ° 44 'S, 142 ° 29 'E, Cartwright and Wells (NMV, T- 20705). Paratypes. Queensland. 1 male (specimen CT- 439 figured), Bertie Ck, 1 km SE Heathlands HS, 11 ° 45 'S, 142 ° 35 'E, 4 Feb 1992, Cartwright and Wells; 2 males, 2 females, Yuccabine Ck, Kirrama State Forest, 18 ° 12 'S, 145 ° 45 'E, 5 Mar 1985, R. Pearson; 1 male, same loc., 18 ° 12 'S, 145 ° 54 'E, Mar 1986, R. Pearson and L. Benson; 2 males, 1 female (specimen CT- 498 figured), same locality and collector, Dec 1985; 1 male, Camp Ck trib., Mt Spec State Forest, 18 ° 57 'S, 146 ° 10 'E, lt. tr., 760m, 27 Jan 1994, A.L. Sheldon (NMV). Etymology. Weara - North Queensland Aboriginal word for wide (inferior appendages- ventral view). Remarks. Absensomina weara is a distinctive and uncommon species recorded from two widely separated areas of northeastern Queensland (latitudinal range 11 ° 44 '– 18 ° 57 'S). This species has previously been referred to as Ecnomina sp. n. A (Wells and Cartwright 1993: 227) and Ecnomina sp. nov. PT- 1590 (Walker et al. 1995: 22; Cartwright 1997: 5). FIGURES 1–6. Absensomina weara sp. nov. 1: Forewing and hind wing. 2: Head and thorax, dorsal view. 3–5: Male genitalia in left lateral, ventral and dorsal views. 6: Female genitalia in ventral view. d.c., discoidal cell; i.a., inferior appendage(s); occ.w., occipital wart(s); pha., phallus; s.a., superior appendage(s); s.viii, sternite viii; R1, 1st radius; 2, fork 2; 3, fork 3; 4, fork 4; 5, fork 5.Published as part of Cartwright, David I., 2010, Descriptions of 2 new genera and 13 new species of caddisflies from Australia (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2415 on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19438
Chimarra kebarana Cartwright 2020, sp. nov.
No full textChimarra kebarana sp. nov. Figures 149–151 Holotype. Male (dried, pinned specimen CT-379 figured), Indonesia, Papua Province, Vogelkop, Kebar Valley, W of Manokwari, 550 m, about 0° 52' S, 134° 05' E, 4–31 January 1962, S. and L. Quate (BPBM). Paratype. Indonesia. Male (dried, pinned specimen CT-380), Papua Province, Oransbari, south of Manokwari, 3 m, about 1° 21' S, 134° 16' E, 12 February 1963, R. Straatman (BPBM). Diagnosis. The males of C. kebarana can be separated from all other New Guinea species, in particular C. oláhi, C. aiyura Korboot and C. falcata Kimmins, by the combination of the shape of the lateral lobes of segment X, which are situated laterad of and below the phallus and appear as a pair of slender processes ventral to the phallus, which diverge subapically and the short, sub-triangular inferior appendages, in lateral view. Description. General body colour and wings light brownish. Wings similar to those of C. ukarumpana (fig. 7). Length of forewing: male 5.4–5.7 mm. Forewing with forks 1, 2, 3 and 5 present, Rs slightly sinuous or curved, slightly thickened, basad of discoidal cell. Male. Segment VIII with acute ventral process. Segment IX anterior margin in lateral view, anteroventrally narrowly rounded (fig. 149), ventral process on segment IX, in lateral view, very weakly keel-like, length about 0.2 times basal width, preanal appendages, in lateral view rounded, narrowed basally (fig. 149), in dorsal view appear sub-triangular (fig. 151). Segment X lateral lobes laterad of and ventral to the phallus (hard to discern), sensilla not discerned (figs 149, 151), in lateral view apices appear acute (fig. 149), in ventral view lateral lobes appear as pair of slender processes, apices acute, directed slightly outwardly (fig. 150). Phallus with two slender, subapical internal spines (figs 149–151). Inferior appendages broadest in basal half, tapered gradually distally, apices acute, directed posteromesally (figs 149, 150), in lateral view angled at about 45° to horizontal, length about 2.3 times width, appear sub-triangular, dorsal margin mostly straight, ventral margin right angled in basal third, sub-truncate distally (fig. 149), in ventral and dorsal views lateral margins curved (figs 150, 151). Female. Unknown. Etymology. Kebarana – named for the type locality (Kebar Valley of Indonesian Papua). Remarks. Chimarra kebarana is known only from two male specimens from north-east Papua.Published as part of Cartwright, David, 2020, A review of the New Guinea species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae), pp. 1-49 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 79 on page 46, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2020.79.01, http://zenodo.org/record/806529
Ecnomina gullea Cartwright 2008, sp. nov.
No full textEcnomina gullea sp. nov. Figs 93–95, 177 Diagnosis. Ecnomina gullea closely resembles E. spinosa and E. legula with relatively long mesally directed digitiform projections on the inferior appendages, and superior appendages with apices narrowly separated, but is separated by superior appendages in lateral view length about 1.5 times width, with usually only one robust ventrally directed bristle or spine on lateral processes of segment IX and relatively robust inferior appendages, in lateral view. Description. Head, body and wings light brown; wings similar to E. legula (Fig. 3). Forewing length about 2.9 times width: male 4.5–5.8 mm, female 4.5–5.5 mm. Forewing fork 2 relatively long, sessile, length about 1.1–1.2 times length of fork 3; fork 3 relatively long, with short footstalk, length fork greater than 8 times length footstalk, footstalk length about 0.5–0.8 times length cross-vein m, r-m and m not contiguous at fork 3 by about 0.5–0.6 times length cross-vein m; fork 4 shorter than fork 3; fork 5 long, length about 1.8 times length of fork 4. Hindwing length about 2.9 times width, fork 2 sessile, length about 1.4–1.5 times length of fork 3. Male. Segment IX with a pair of long lateral processes with only one ventrally directed, relatively long bristle or spine (Fig. 93). Tergum X membranous (Fig. 95). Superior appendages in lateral view, very broad near middle, length about 1.5 times width, narrowed in distal third (Fig. 93); in dorsal view, fused in basal half, relatively slender in distal half, apices narrowly separated (Fig. 95); with a group of stout spines basoventral to base of superior appendages. Phallus generally tube-like, dorso-ventrally flattened (Fig. 93). Inferior appendages in ventral view, fused basally, narrowly separated in distal half, with long meso-distally pointed apices (Fig. 94); in lateral view, short, robust, length about same as width (Fig. 95). Female. Genitalia with a single elongate and relatively robust or bladelike mesal process on sternite VIII, process slightly broadened distally; segment IX relatively long, tapered slightly distally, segment X relatively short and segments IX and X relatively slender (Fig. 177). Holotype male: Victoria, Bells Clearing, 6 km S of Aberfeldy (about 37°51'S, 146°16'E), 8 Feb 1977, A.A. Calder; (NMV, T-19676). Paratypes: Victoria. 3 males, 3 females, collected with holotype; 4 males, 9 females, Thomson R., Knappings Clearing, 11 Feb 1980, Wells and McNamara; 4 males, 3 females, same loc., 9 Dec 1979, Wells and Bailey; 1 male (specimen CT-486 figured), Western Tyers R. on Xmas Ck Rd, 37°54.8'S, 146°15.9'E, 28 Jan 1979, Latrobe C Survey; 1 female (specimen CT-489 figured), Tanjil R. on Moe-Gooding Rd, 38°8.4'S, 146°15.9'E, 6 Feb 1980, Latrobe C Survey (NMV). Other material examined: Victoria. 2 males, 1 female, Aire R., Hopetoun Falls, 4 km S of Beech Forest, 28 Jan 1982, A.N.; 4 males, 2 females, Charleys Ck, 5 km S of Gellibrand, Victree pine plantation, 29 Jan 1982, A.N; 1 female, Gellibrand R. at Asplin Ck jn, 28 Jan 1982, A.N.; 1 female, Lardners Ck, 4 km SE of Gellibrand- Jackson track, 26 Jan 1982, A.N.; 3 males, 1 female, Yarra R., Warburton East, 17 Feb 1976, A.N.; 1 male, Yarra R., OShannassy Rd, 9 Feb 1981, J. Dean and D. Cartwright; 1 female, Acheron R., 3.5 km ESE Narbethong, 15 Feb 1983, R. St Clair et al.; 6 males, 2 females, Kinglake West, 29 Dec 1953, A.N.; 2 males, Latrobe R. at Hawthorn Ck jn, 9 Feb 1980, collector?; 1 female, Latrobe R., 9.8 km W of Noojee, 37°53.4'S, 145°54.1'E, 21 Jan 1979, Latrobe C Survey; 1 male, Bells Clearing, 6 km S of Aberfeldy, 9 Feb 1977, A.A. Calder; 1 male, 4 females, Howqua R., 12 km S of Merrijig, 18 Jan 1978, J.Blyth; 1 male, Ladies Bath Falls, Porepunkah, 25 Feb 1955, A.N.; 3 males, Porepunkah, 25 Feb 1955, A.N.; 8 males, same loc. and collector, 27 Jan 1957; 2 males, 1 female, Mt Buffalo, about 1385 m, 1 Feb 1957, A.N.; 3 males, 3 females, Lake Catani, Mt Buffalo, 6 Dec 1982, A.N.; 1 male, L. Catani below weir, Mt Buffalo Nat. Pk, 5 Dec 1982, A.N. and A.W.; 2 females, Eurobin Falls, Mt Buffalo Rd, 3 Dec 1982, A.N.; 1 female, Eurobin Ck d/s falls, Mt Buffalo Rd bridge, 9 Jan 1980, J. Dean?; 1 male, Sassafras Gap, 13 Feb 1963, A.N.; 5 males, 4 females, Cobungra R. at Anglers Rest, 4 Feb 1974, A.N.; 2 males, same loc., 15 Jan 1982, A.W.; 9 males, 5 females, Gibbo R. at Exhibition Ck jn, 20 km N of Benambra, 16 Jan 1982, A.W.; 3 males, 1 female, Nariel, 29 Jan 1957, A.N.; 1 male, same loc. and collector, 12 Feb 1963; 5 males, Towong, 29 Jan 1957, A.N.; 1 male, Macalister-Barkly jn, Lyndon Flat, 6 Dec 1977, NMV Survey. New South Wales. 1 male, Crackenback R. d/s Kosciusko Rd, 19 Jan 1976, J. Dean. Etymology. Gullea - anagram of legula. Remarks. Ecnomina gullea is common and widespread throughout Victoria and south-eastern New South Wales (latitudinal range 36°08' - 38°39'S).Published as part of Cartwright, David I., 2008, A review of the Australian species of Ecnomina Kimmins and Daternomina Neboiss (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 1774 (1) on pages 44-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1774.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/512413
Letter from Carl Hayden to L. S. Williams
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to L. S. Williams about the potential to expand the park boundaries
Mystery Author Stan Jones and Sepculative Fiction Authors Sterling Emmal and L. S. Goulet
No full textSterling Emmal is author of the sci-fi fantasy The Executioner of Rawule and L. S. Goulet is author of the fantasy book Sword of Dragonblood. Tundra Kill is Stan Jones' latest Nathan Active mystery. His other books include White Sky, Black Ice; Shaman Pass, Frozen Sun; Village of the Ghost Bears, and the nonfiction classic, The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster, coauthored with Sharon Bushell
Chimarra lalokiana Cartwright 2020, sp. nov.
No full textChimarra lalokiana sp. nov. Figures 111–113 Holotype. Male (in alcohol, figured specimen CT-331), PNG, Central Province, Laloki River below Rouna Falls, 9° 25' S, 147° 23' E, 26 June 1986, UV light, A. Wells and W. Ismay (NMV, T-22464). Paratypes. PNG. 2 males, collected with holotype (NMV). Diagnosis. The males of C. lalokiana can be separated from all other New Guinea species by the apparent sub-rectangular shape of the inferior appendages, in lateral view. Description. General body colour and wings pale (faded). Wings similar to those of C. ukarumpana (fig. 7). Length of forewing: male 4.5–5.0 mm. Forewing with forks 1, 2, 3 and 5 present, Rs weakly sinuous or curved, moderately thickened, basad of discoidal cell; hind wing with forks 1, 2, 3 and 5 present. Male. Segment IX anterior margin in lateral view, anteroventrally weakly rounded (fig. 111), ventral process short, strongly basal to distal margin of segment IX (figs 111, 112), in lateral view keel-like, length about half basal width, distal margin rounded (fig. 111), in ventral view appears triangular (fig. 112), preanal appendages appear rounded in lateral view (fig. 111), angular in dorsal view (fig. 113). Segment X lateral lobes robust, plate-like, situated laterad of and below phallus, sensilla not discerned (figs 111–113), in ventral view appear tapered distally (fig. 112), in dorsal view appear sub-triangular distally (fig. 113). Phallus with two slender spines included subapically. Inferior appendages broadest in basal half, tapered very slightly distally, apices acute, directed posteromesally (figs 111–113), in lateral view, angled at about 45° to horizontal, length about twice width, appear rectangular and truncate distally, dorsal and ventral margins mostly straight (fig. 111), in ventral view, mesal and lateral margins slightly curved, mesal margin with about three small projections in basal three quarters (fig. 112). Female. Unknown. Etymology. Lalokiana – named for the type locality (Laloki River). Remarks. Chimarra l alokiana is known from three males from the type locality in south-east PNG.Published as part of Cartwright, David, 2020, A review of the New Guinea species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae), pp. 1-49 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 79 on page 36, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2020.79.01, http://zenodo.org/record/806529
Letter from L. S. Williams to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from L. S. Williams to Carl Hayden suggesting a boundary amendment to the national park bill
Letter from L. S. Williams to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from L. S. Williams to Carl Hayden about visiting Mr. Buggeln to discuss proposed park boundary changes
Chimarra bintang Cartwright 2020, sp. nov.
No full textChimarra bintang sp. nov. Figures 14–16 Holotype. Male (dried, pinned specimen, CT-339 figured), Indonesia, Papua Province (= West Papua), Star Range, Sibil, 1300 m, about 5° 00' S, 141° 00' E, 26 June 1959, Museum Leiden, Netherlands, New Guinea exp. (RMNH). Material examined. Indonesia. 1 male (dried, pinned specimen, CT-386, damaged), Papua Province, Star Range, Sibil Valley, 1245 m, about 5° 00' S, 141° 00' E, 18 October–8 November 1961?, S. and L. Quate (BPBM). Diagnosis. The male of C. bintang aligns with the C. papuana group (after Mey, 2006) and is most similar to C. porsen Oláh, C. bobita Oláh, C. kalija Oláh, C. mendiana and C. ukarumpana in having the elongate ventral process on segment IX reach past the distal margin of segment IX. Chimarra bintang is most similar to C. porsen and C. mendiana in that in lateral view, the apex of the dorso-apical projection of the inferior appendages is not dilated as in C. bobita and C. ukarumpana. Chimarra bintang differs from C. porsen, C. kalija and C. ukarumpana in having the ventral process on segment IX slightly tapered distally in lateral view and the inferior appendages gradually tapered in distal third, with ventral margin almost irregularly convex. Description. General body colour and wings fawn (faded). Wings similar to those of C. ukarumpana (fig. 7). Length of forewing: male 4.6–5.7 mm. Forewing with forks 1, 2, 3 and 5 present, Rs slightly to moderately sinuous or curved, slightly to moderately thickened basad of discoidal cell; hind wing with forks 1, 2, 3 and 5 present. Male. Segment IX anterior margin in lateral view, with rounded extension ventrally (fig. 14); ventral process slender, rod-like, elongate, extending almost to distal margin of segment IX (figs 14, 15), in lateral view slightly tapered distally, length about 4.5 times width (fig. 14); preanal appendages small, rounded apically (figs 14, 16). Segment X with pair of slender lateral lobes, adpressed laterally to phallus (figs 14–16), with one pair of sensilla visible subapically (fig. 16). Phallus with one slender, elongate, spine included subapically (figs 14–16). Inferior appendages robust, in lateral view angled dorsally at about 45° to horizontal, sub-semicircular, length about 2.2 times width, broadest in middle, tapered gradually basally and apically, ventral margin irregularly convex (fig. 14), with long and slender dorso-subapical projection, with very slightly dilated apex bearing two short spines (figs 14–16), in ventral view with two small projections on mesal margin (fig. 15). Female. Unknown. Etymology. Bintang – Indonesian for star (locality Star Range). Remarks. Only the two males (one damaged) of Chimarra bintang are known from the type locality in Papua.Published as part of Cartwright, David, 2020, A review of the New Guinea species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae), pp. 1-49 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 79 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2020.79.01, http://zenodo.org/record/806529
Ecnomina volcella Cartwright 2008, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Ecnomina volcella</i> sp. nov. <p>Figs 138–140, 188</p> <p> Diagnosis. <i>Ecnomina volcella</i> can be distinguished from all other species in the genus by the very long and slender, pincer-like inferior appendages, which are separated basally and discrete.</p> <p> Description. Head, body and wings brown; wings similar to <i>E. legula</i> (Fig. 3). Forewing length about 2.8– 3.0 times width: male 3.6–3.7 mm, female 3.4–3.6 mm. Forewing fork 2 relatively long, sessile, length about 1.2–1.4 times length of fork 3; fork 3 relatively long, with short footstalk, fork between 3.2–6.6 times length footstalk, footstalk length between 0.8–1.6 times length cross-vein m, r-m and m not contiguous at fork 3 by about 0.2–0.6 times length of cross-vein m; fork 4 shorter than fork 3; fork 5 long, length about 1.8 times length of fork 4. Hindwing length about 3.3 times width, fork 2 sessile or with very short footstalk, footstalk length between 0–0.9 times length cross-vein r-m, fork length about 1.4–1.5 times length of fork 3.</p> <p>Male. Tergum X membranous, with one pair of broadbased, relatively long and slender dorsal processes (Fig. 140). Superior appendages in lateral view sub-rectangular, length about 35 times width (Fig. 138); in dorsal view, length about 4 times width, with a group of relatively long spines distally (Fig. 140). Phallus simple, tube-like with a small apical process (Fig. 138). Inferior appendages paired, discrete, slightly longer than superior appendages, broadbased, tapered distally, long and slender like a pair of pincers, with a pair of processes dorso-basally (Figs 138, 139).</p> <p>Female. Genitalia with a single mesal process on sternite VIII, relatively elongate and slender with straight sides; segment IX relatively long and slender, tapered slightly distally, segment X relatively short (Fig. 188).</p> <p> <b>Holotype male</b>: Queensland, Birthday Ck, 3.5 km WNW Paluma, 18°57'S, 146°10'E, at lt, 7 Apr 1990, R. St Clair (NMV, T-19748).</p> <p> <b>Paratypes</b>: Queensland. 1 male (specimen CT-464 figured), collected with holotype; 1 male, 1 female (specimen CT-504 figured), Camp Ck proper, Mt Spec St. For., 18°57'S, 146°10'E, 750m, lt tr., 17 Jan 1994, A.L. Sheldon; 2 males, 2 females, Camp Ck trib., Mt Spec St. For., 18°57'S, 146°10'E, 750m, lt tr., 1 Jan 1994, A.L. Sheldon (NMV).</p> <p>Other material examined: Queensland. 1 male, Yuccabine Ck, Kirrama State Forest, 18°12'S, 145°54'E, Feb 1986, R. Pearson and L. Benson (NMV).</p> <p> Etymology. <i>Volcella-</i> Latin word for pair of pincers (inferior appendages).</p> <p> Remarks. <i>Ecnomina volcella</i> is recorded from four sites in north-eastern Queensland (latitudinal range 18°12'S - 18°57'S).</p>Published as part of <i>Cartwright, David I., 2008, A review of the Australian species of Ecnomina Kimmins and Daternomina Neboiss (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 1774 (1)</i> on pages 60-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1774.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5124133">http://zenodo.org/record/5124133</a>
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