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Genus Lerista Bell, 1833


Compiler and date details

September 2011 - Dr Paul Horner

 

Introduction

In a recent revision, Wells (2012) assigned members of the genus Lerista as recognised here to 20 genera, 11 of them new. The names Rhodona Gray, 1839, Soridia Gray, 1839, Miculia Gray, 1845, Phaneropis Fischer, 1881, Nodorha Mittleman, 1952, Gavisus Wells & Wellington, 1984, Telchinoscincus Wells & Wellington, 1984, are raemoved from synonymy with Lerista and accorded valid species status; several subspecies were raised to subspecies status. The study is supported by detailed argument, but no phylogenetic analysis. Nor is a key provided.

Wells (2012) recognised the following genera:
Alcisius Wells, 2012
Aphroditia Wells, 2012
Cybelia Wells, 2012
Gaia Wells, 2012
Gavisus Wells & Wellington, 1984
Goldneyia Wells, 2012
Krishna Wells, 2012
Lerista Bell, 1833
Lokisaurus Wells, 2012
Marrunisauria Wells, 2012
Miculia Gray, 1845
Nodorha Mittleman, 1952
Phaneropis Fischer, 1881
Rhodona Gray, 1839
Soridia Gray, 1839
Spectrascincus Wells, 2012
Telchinoscincus Wells & Wellington, 1984
Tychismia Wells, 2012
Wondjinia Wells, 2012
Xynoscincus Wells & Wellington, 1988

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Nandewar (NAN) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, Qld, WA: Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) ; SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024 19-Mar-2013 MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011 08-Mar-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)