Species Lucasium microplax Eastwood, Doughty, Hutchinson & Pepper, 2020

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lucasium microplax Eastwood, J.A., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.N. & Pepper, M. 2020. Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 063–086.
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5A1388B2-86B6-4059-8209- 3C697DE04AB4

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA R48940 ♂, Andamooka Station, SA [30.7411°S, 137.3411°E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA R47644 ♂, Arcoona Station, SA [31.074°S, 137.07°E]; SAMA R50285 ♂, Beltana Station, SA [30.7844°S, 138.1547°E]; SAMA R57229 ♂, Oakden Hills Station, SA [31.5997°S, 136.7886°E]; SAMA R57910 ♀, near Emu, SA [28.5367°S, 131.6067°E]; SAMA R59337 ♂, near Maralinga, SA [29.8964°S, 131.2792°E]; WAM R166307 ♀, near Blackstone, WA [25.935°S, 128.438°E]; NTM R25650 ♂, near Kulgera, NT [25°55’S, 133°12’E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Almost wholly within SA but also extending west to Warburton, WA, north to Barrow Creek, NT, and east into the southwest of QLD and NW corner of NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coarse sand, sandy clay.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SQUAMATA	31-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
	DIPLODACTYLIDAE	18-Jun-2021	ADDED