TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudoscorpions of the family Feaellidae (Pseudoscorpiones:Feaelloidea) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia show extreme short-range endemism
AU - Harvey, Mark
AU - Abrams, Kym
AU - Beavis, A.S.
AU - Hillyer, M.J.
AU - Huey, Joel
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - © 2016 CSIRO.The phylogenetic relationships of the Australian species of Feaellidae are assessed with a molecular analysis using mitochondrial (CO1) and nuclear (ITS2) data. These results confirm the morphological analysis that three previously undescribed species occur in the Pilbara bioregion, which are named and described: Feaella (Tetrafeaella) callani, sp. Nov., F. (T.) linetteae, sp. Nov. and F. (T.) tealei, sp. Nov. The males of these three species, as well as males of F. anderseni Harvey and other unnamed species from the Kimberley region of north-Western Australia, have a pair of enlarged, thick-walled bursa that are not found in other feaellids. Despite numerous environmental impact surveys for short-range endemic invertebrates in the Pilbara, very few specimens have been collected, presumably due to their relictual distributions, restricted habitat preferences and low densities.
AB - © 2016 CSIRO.The phylogenetic relationships of the Australian species of Feaellidae are assessed with a molecular analysis using mitochondrial (CO1) and nuclear (ITS2) data. These results confirm the morphological analysis that three previously undescribed species occur in the Pilbara bioregion, which are named and described: Feaella (Tetrafeaella) callani, sp. Nov., F. (T.) linetteae, sp. Nov. and F. (T.) tealei, sp. Nov. The males of these three species, as well as males of F. anderseni Harvey and other unnamed species from the Kimberley region of north-Western Australia, have a pair of enlarged, thick-walled bursa that are not found in other feaellids. Despite numerous environmental impact surveys for short-range endemic invertebrates in the Pilbara, very few specimens have been collected, presumably due to their relictual distributions, restricted habitat preferences and low densities.
U2 - 10.1071/IS16013
DO - 10.1071/IS16013
M3 - Article
SN - 1445-5226
VL - 30
SP - 491
EP - 508
JO - Invertebrate Systematics
JF - Invertebrate Systematics
IS - 5
ER -