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- Title
Phylogeny and biogeography of the mite harvestmen (Arachnida :Opiliones :Cyphophthalmi) of Queensland, Australia, with a description of six new species from the rainforests of the Wet Tropics.
- Authors
Boyer, Sarah L.; Baker, Caitlin M.; Popkin-Hall, Zachary R.; Laukó, Domokos I.; Wiesner, Hannah A.; Quay, Rachel H.
- Abstract
The Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia, represent the largest remaining fragment of vast rainforests that once covered the entire continent. Over the past few decades the Wet Tropics bioregion has received much attention from biologists interested in the effect of climate change on diversity and distribution of rainforest animals. However, most such studies have focused on vertebrates, and despite considerable interest in the biota of the area, the diversity of many of Wet Tropics invertebrate taxa remains poorly known. Here we describe six new species of mite harvestman from the area, identified using a combination of morphological and molecular data. Our study represents the first detailed phylogenetic study of the genus Austropurcellia, and provides insight into the historical biogeography of these dispersal-limited arachnids.
- Subjects
QUEENSLAND; AUSTRALIA; PHYLOGENY; RAIN forests; BIOGEOGRAPHY; HABITATS; VERTEBRATES
- Publication
Invertebrate Systematics, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
1445-5226
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1071/IS14025