New species of Austropurcellia, cryptic short-range endemic mite harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) from Australia's Wet Tropics biodiversity hotspot.
New species of Austropurcellia, cryptic short-range endemic mite harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) from Australia's Wet Tropics biodiversity hotspot.
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DOI：
10.3897/zookeys.586.6774
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Boyer SL
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作者：
Jay KR;Popkin-Hall ZR;Coblens MJ;Oberski JT;Sharma PP;Boyer SL
Austropurcellia属是一种微小的落叶蛛形纲动物，栖息在澳大利亚昆士兰州东海岸的热带雨林中。它们的多样性主要分布在昆士兰州东北部的湿热带雨林中，该地区以其异常高的生物多样性和地方性而闻名。研究湿热带地区有限分布无脊椎动物的生物地理历史可以深入了解气候变化（如雨林收缩）在形成雨林生物多样性模式中的作用。本文描述了在湿热带雨林中发现的6个螨收获新种，并结合所有已知种的分布，讨论了austropurcelia的生物地理学。有了这种分类学上的贡献，大多数已知的属的多样性已经被记录下来。
The genus Austropurcellia is a lineage of tiny leaf-litter arachnids that inhabit tropical rainforests throughout the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. The majority of their diversity is found within the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeast Queensland, an area known for its exceptionally high levels of biodiversity and endemism. Studying the biogeographic history of limited-dispersal invertebrates in the Wet Tropics can provide insight into the role of climatic changes such as rainforest contraction in shaping rainforest biodiversity patterns. Here we describe six new species of mite harvestmen from the Wet Tropics rainforests, identified using morphological data, and discuss the biogeography of Austropurcellia with distributions of all known species. With this taxonomic contribution, the majority of the known diversity of the genus has been documented.