A5045383940- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Study of Mite Species
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Plant and animal studies
Australian Museum
2016-2025
The University of Western Australia
2016-2025
Western Australian Museum
2016-2025
Crawley Hospital
2023
American Museum of Natural History
2010-2019
California Academy of Sciences
2010-2019
Edith Cowan University
2013-2019
Mann+Hummel (Germany)
2019
Golden Gate University
2010-2016
Oregon State University
2015
Deciphering the evolutionary relationships of Chelicerata (arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and allied taxa) has proven notoriously difficult, due to their ancient rapid radiation incidence elevated rates in several lineages. Although conflicting hypotheses prevail morphological molecular data sets alike, monophyly Arachnida is nearly universally accepted, despite historical lack support sets. Some phylotranscriptomic analyses have recovered arachnid monophyly, but these did not sample all living...
A new pseudoscorpion classification is proposed with two suborders, Epiocheirata and Iocheirata, based upon a cladistic analysis of relationships within the order. The contains superfamilies: Chthonioidea for Chthoniidae, Tridenchthoniidae Lechytiidae, stat. nov. (for Lechytia), Feaelloidea Feaellidae Pseudogarypidae. Iocheirata divided into infraorders: Hemictenata Balzan Panctenata Balzan. single superfamily, Neobisioidea Bochicidae, Gymnobisiidae, Hyidae, Ideoroncidae, Neobisiidae,...
The Australian fauna is assessed for short-range endemism at the species level, i.e. prevalence of with naturally small ranges less than 10,000 km2. phenomenon found to be widespread and several groups are consist principally endemics: Gastropoda (snails slugs, both freshwater terrestrial), Oligochaeta (earthworms), Onychophora (velvet worms), Araneae (mygalomorph spiders), Schizomida (schizomids), Diplopoda (millipedes), Phreatoicidea (phreatoicidean crustaceans), Decapoda (freshwater...
Recent surveys of groundwater invertebrates (stygofauna) worldwide are yielding rich troves biodiversity, with significant implications for invertebrate systematists and phylogeneticists as well ecologists managers. What is the ecological significance this high biodiversity in some aquifers? How might it influence ecosystem services such water purification or bioremediation? In terrestrial ecosystems, typically positively correlated rates functions beneficial to humans (e.g. crop...
A major challenge confronting many contemporary systematists is how to integrate standard taxonomic research with conservation outcomes. With a biodiversity crisis looming and ongoing impediments taxonomy, can systematic continue document species infer the ‘Tree of Life’, still maintain its significance science protecting very it strives understand? Here we advocate program dedicated documenting short-range endemic taxa, which are naturally small distributions and, by their nature, most...
The araneoid spider family Micropholcommatidae Hickman, previously containing 34 southern-temperate species in eight genera, is relimited and revised at the generic level to include 18 genera from Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Zealand, Papua Guinea Chile. Three subfamilies are proposed, a new phylogenetic hypothesis for presented as result of two morphological cladistic analyses, used test position phylogeny known micropholcommatid taxa. These analyses inferred monophyletic...
The number of described species on the planet is about 1.9 million, with ca. 17,000 new annually, mostly from tropics. However, taxonomy usually as a science in crisis, lacking manpower and funding, politically acknowledged problem known Taxonomic Impediment. Using data Fauna Europaea database Zoological Record, we show that contrary to general belief, developed heavily-studied parts world are important reservoirs unknown species. In Europe, multicellular terrestrial freshwater animals being...
A combined molecular and morphological approach was used to revise the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of genus Blakistonia Hogg. Where possible, our sequence data from COI barcoding gene, which were analysed using Bayesian, RAxML neighbour-joining approaches. These with morphology describe diagnose genus, redescribe type (and only previously valid) species, B. aurea Hogg, 1902, diagnose, map 19 new species: bassi sp. n., bella birksi carnarvon emmottiorum gemmelli hortoni mainae maryae...
The species of the millipede genus Antichiropus Attems, 1911 found in Pilbara region Western Australia are reviewed, and 33 new described. are: A. anguinus Car, n. sp., antius apricus cirratus confragus cristatus cucumeraceous cunicularis sp, echinus filiolus forcipatus georginae gibbus hystricosus julianneae literulus lucyae nicholasi nimbus patriciae pendiculus picus procerus quaestionis rupinus salutus servulus simmonsi sloanae spathion uvulus verutus sp. vindicatus sp.. number described...
The pseudoscorpion genus Verrucachernes Chamberlin, 1947 is widely distributed in the Old World tropics, with three named Australasian and West Pacific species two from Africa. A review of some pseudoscorpions described India has revealed that Withius parvus Beier, 1930 (currently Metawithius) Pselaphochernes indicus 1974 are misplaced actually belong to 1947, forming new combinations V. (Beier, 1930) comb. nov. 1974) nov., respectively. Both possess single, large, rounded spermatheca other...
The open-holed trapdoor spiders of the genus Teyl Main, 1975 from Pilbara bioregion Western Australia are investigated. A single endemic species southern Pilbara, T. heuretes sp. nov., is newly described, representing northern-most occurrence in Australia. Legacy molecular data for Australian Nemesiidae, along with generated sequences all described known Australia, analysed using Maximum Likelihood methods, providing and an expanded phylogenetic assessment genus.
Abstract Long-branch attraction is a systematic artifact that results in erroneous groupings of fast-evolving taxa. The combination short, deep internodes tandem with long-branch artifacts has produced empirically intractable parts the Tree Life. One such group arthropod subphylum Chelicerata, whose backbone phylogeny remained unstable despite improvements phylogenetic methods and genome-scale data sets. Pseudoscorpion placement particularly variable across sets analytical frameworks, this...
Abstract The name “millipede” translates to a thousand feet (from mille “thousand” and pes “foot”). However, no millipede has ever been described with more than 750 legs. We discovered new record-setting species of 1,306 legs, Eumillipes persephone , from Western Australia. This diminutive animal (0.95 mm wide, 95.7 long) 330 segments, cone-shaped head enormous antennae, beak for feeding. A distant relative the previous record holder, Illacme plenipes California, it belongs different order,...
Abstract Pisauridae are a global and heterogeneous assemblage of spider genera with diverse morphologies lifestyles. So far, the monophyly inclusion fishing spiders ( Dolomedes ) in this family have not been thoroughly tested. Here, we amend systematics classification these lineages within UCE phylogenomic framework through detailed morphological reappraisal. For estimations their evolutionary age, perform compare outcomes from two divergence estimation approaches, an posteriori likelihood,...
An overview of the systematics smaller arachnid orders (Opilioacariformes, Ricinulei, Palpigradi, Uropygi, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Solifugae and Pseudoscorpiones) is provided, along with data on numbers recognized families, genera species for each group. The micro-diverse orders, Opilioacariformes (1 family, 9 genera, 19 species), Ricinulei 3 55 Palpigradi (2 6 78 Uropygi 16 103 Amblypygi (5 17 136 species) Schizomida 34 205 are amongst smallest all terrestrial arthropod orders. meso-diverse...