Pseudoscorpions of the family Feaellidae (Pseudoscorpiones : Feaelloidea) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia show extreme short-range endemism
Mark S. Harvey A B C D F , Kym M. Abrams A B , Amber S. Beavis A E , Mia J. Hillyer A and Joel A. Huey A B
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A Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, Australia.
B School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
C School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
D Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5192, USA; Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94103-3009, USA.
E Present address: Office of the Chief Scientist, Industry House, 10 Binara Street, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia.
F Corresponding author. Email: mark.harvey@museum.wa.gov.au
Invertebrate Systematics 30(5) 491-508 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS16013
Submitted: 12 February 2016 Accepted: 27 April 2016 Published: 31 October 2016
Abstract
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.
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Additional keywords: morphology, new species, taxonomy, threatened species.
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