Genus Lynceus Mueller, 1776

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lynceus Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina et synonyma imprimis popularium. Copenhagen : Havniae Vol. 32 pp. 1-282. [pls published in 1777] [239].
• Hedessa Lievin, F. 1848. Die Branchiopoden des Danziger-Gegend. Neueste Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig 4: 1-52 [4].
• Limnetis Grube, A.E. 1853. Bemerkungen über die Phyllopoden, nebst einer Übersicht ihrer Gattungen und Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 19: 71-172 [73].

Introduction

At least two undescribed Lynceus species are known from Western Australia (Zofkova, 2006; Timms, 2012), with the genus considered in need of revision.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nullarbor (NUL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; SA, WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD) ; WA: Pilbara (PIL)

General References

Daday, E. 1927. Monographie systématique des Phyllopodes Conchostracés. Troisième partie (fin). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 10: 1-112 (587-698) [8] (Lynceus)

Martin, J.W. & Belk, D. 1988. Review of the clam shrimp family Lynceidae Stebbing, 1902 (Branchiopoda: Conchostraca), in the Americas. Journal of Crustacean Biology 8: 451-482 [458] (Lynceus)

Mattox, N.T. 1957. A new estheriid conchostracan with a review of other North American forms. American Midland Naturalist 58: 367-377 [367] (Lynceus)

Sars, G.O. 1896. Descriptions of two new Phyllopoda from North Australia. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, Kristiania 18(8): 1-36, 6 pls [117 pl. 18, figs 1-8] (Limnetis)

Straškraba, M. 1965. Taxonomical studies on Czechoslovak Conchostraca. II. Families Lynceidae and Cyzicidae. Vestník Ceskoslovenské Zoologické Spolecnosti 29: 205-214 [205] (Lynceus)

Timms, B.V. 2012. An appraisal of the diversity and distribution of large Branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida, Notostraca) in Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32(4): 615–623

Zofkova, M. 2006. Evolutionary dynamics in ephemeral pools: inferences from genetic architecture of large Branchiopods. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Western Australia.

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