Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolecidae, Acanthodrilinae)

204 Pages·2004·38.823 MB·English

by  G.R.Dyne, B.G.M.Jamieson

Native Earthworms of Australia II
(Megascolecidae, Acanthodrilinae)
G.R. Dyne & B.G.M. Jamieson
ISBN 0 642 56839 1

Native Earthworms of Australia II
(Megascolecidae, Acanthodrilinae)

Native Earthworms of Australia II
(Megascolecidae, Acanthodrilinae)
G.R. Dyne B.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
B.G.M. Jamieson B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Queensland
Brisbane
Queensland 4072
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Native earthworms of Australia ll (Megascolecidae,

Acanthodrilinae).

Bibliography.

Includes index.

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CONTENTS
ABSTRACT 7
INTRODUCTION 9
KEY TO GENERA OF ACANTHODRILINAE
IN AUSTRALIA 19
GENUS DIPLOTREMA 20
Key to Diplotrema Species of Queensland
and New South Wales 25
Key to Diplotrema Species of the Northern
Territory 30
Acanthodrilin Queensland Diplotrema 31
Microscolecin Queensland Diplotrema 100
New South Wales Diplotrema 107
Western Australian Diplotrema 112
Northern Territory Diplotrema 114
GENUS KAYARMACIA 140
Key to Species of Kayarmacia 141
GENUS MICROSCOLEX 153
Key to Australian Species of Microscolex 153
GENUS NEODIPLOTREMA 162
Key to Species of Neodiplotrema 163
GENUS RHODODRILUS 189
GENUS TORRESIELLA 192
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 195
REFERENCES 196
TAXONOMIC INDEX 199

ABSTRACT
The present work describes the known Australian taxa (6 genera, 82 species and
one subspecies) of the subfamily Acanthodrilinae of the family Megascolecidae.
A major aim is to bring to light the manuscript species described by G.R. Dyne in
a Ph. D. thesis (Dyne 1984) prepared under the supervision of the second author.
The following genera, species and subspecies are described. Genus Diplotrema
Spencer, 1900 (62 species, of which 33 are new, and two subspecies, of which one
is new): D. acropetra Jamieson, 1997; D. armatissima Jamieson and Dyne, 1976;
D. armifera sp. nov.; D. athertoni sp. nov.; D. attenuata Jamieson, 1997;
D. australis (Michaelsen, 1889); D. bidiverticulata sp. nov.; D. bifistularis sp. nov.;
D. biloela Blakemore, 1997; D. boardmani sp. nov.; D. bulburrinensis sp. nov.;
D. capella Blakemore, 1997; D. capricorniae sp. nov.; D. conwayi sp. nov.;
D. cornigravei (Michaelsen, 1907); D. cornutheca sp. nov.; D. crateris sp. nov.;
D. daemeli (Michaelsen, 1910); D. elstobi Blakemore, 1997; D. eremius (Spencer,
1896); D. eungellae sp. nov.; D. falcatoides sp. nov.; D. fragilis Spencer, 1900;
D. glandifera (Jamieson, 1995) new combination; D. glareaphila sp. nov.;
D. gracilis sp. nov.; D. helonoma Dyne and Jamieson, 1998; D. heteropora Dyne,
1979a; D. ingrami sp. nov.; D. inornata sp. nov.; D. insularis Jamieson and Dyne,
1976; D. intermedia Jamieson and Dyne, 1976; D. lamberti sp. nov.; D. longiductis
sp. nov.; D. macleayi (Fletcher, 1890); D. magna sp. nov.; D. magnetis sp. nov.;
D. mantoni Jamieson and Dyne, 1976; D. melaleucae Jamieson and Dyne, 1976;
D. minuta Jamieson and Dyne, 1976; D. montislewisi sp. nov.; D. narayensis
Blakemore, 1997; D. nemoralis sp. nov.; D. peraeintestinalis sp. nov.;
D. planumfluvialis Dyne, 1987; D. proserpinensis Dyne and Jamieson, 1995;
D. pseudospectabilis sp. nov.; D. quasifragilis sp. nov.; D. queenslandicus
(Michaelsen, 1910); D. retractata sp. nov.; D. ridei ridei Jamieson and Dyne, 1976;
D. ridei melvillensis Jamieson and Dyne, 1976; D. rigida sp. nov.; D. scheltingai
Jamieson, 1997; D. schmardae (Beddard, 1892) species dubium?; D. shandi
Jamieson and Dyne, 1976; D. socialis Dyne, 1987; D. spectabilis sp. nov.;
D. spenceri sp. nov.; D. sulcata sp. nov.; D. tenuiseta sp. nov.; D. tyagarah Dyne,
1979; D. tyagarah carnarvoni subsp. nov. Genus Kayarmacia Jamieson, 1997
(4 species, of which two are new): K. adelphicus Jamieson, 1997; K. bursatus
sp. nov.; K. cochlearis sp. nov.; K. queenslandicus (Michaelsen, 1916). Genus
Microscolex Rosa, 1887 (3 species): M. dubius (Fletcher, 1887) (circummundane);
M. macquariensis (Beddard, 1896) (Macquarie Island); M. phosphoreus Dugès,
1837 (circummundane). Genus Neodiplotrema Dyne, 1997 (11 species):
N.? ambrosensis (Blakemore, 1997) new combination; N. altanmoui Jamieson,
1997; N. deminutionis Dyne, 1997; N. exigua Dyne, 1997; N. lacisbrontoi Dyne,
1997; N. mcdonaldi Jamieson, 1997; N. occidentalis Dyne, 1997; N. paripunctata
Jamieson, 1997; N. raveni Dyne, 1997; N. tumida Dyne, 1997; N. varionephrica
Dyne, 1997. Genus Rhododrilus Beddard, 1889 (1 species): R. kermadecensis
Benham, 1905 (Tasmania and Kermadec Island). Genus Torresiella Dyne, 1997
(1 species): T. singularis Dyne, 1997. This study includes 178 illustrations.
Evidence is reviewed supporting dismissal of the Acanthodrilidae and
Octochaetidae sensu Gates (1959, 1972); the first was based on two
symplesiomorphies (tubular prostates and holonephridia), the second on one
symplesiomorphy (tubular prostates) and one highly homoplastic apomorphy
(meronephridia).