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Hoplatessara luxuriosa (Silvestri, 1895) (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) is native to Australia, not New Guinea
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Mesibov, R and Car, CA, Hoplatessara luxuriosa (Silvestri, 1895) (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) is native to Australia, not New Guinea, ZooKeys, 329 pp. 1-8. ISSN 1313-2989 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Robert Mesibov. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
DOI: doi:10.3897/zookeys.329.5976
Abstract
Hoplatessara luxuriosa (Silvestri, 1895) is partly redescribed and illustrated. Its native range is shown to be in the cool-climate uplands of New South Wales, Australia. H. luxuriosa was originally labelled as collected by L.M. D’Albertis at Sorong in New Guinea. D’Albertis collected on Sorong Island in 1872 and spent the following year in Sydney, New South Wales, before returning to Europe with his New Guinea specimens. It is possible that D’Albertis himself collected H. luxuriosa in 1873, and that the mislabelling occurred later.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, Australia, |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Evolutionary biology |
| Research Field: | Animal systematics and taxonomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Mesibov, R (Dr Robert Mesibov) |
| ID Code: | 116662 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Deposited On: | 2017-05-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-08-15 |
| Downloads: | 164 View Download Statistics |
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