Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Merulana Budde-Lund, 1913

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Genus Merulana Budde-Lund, 1913

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Chatham Ils, New Zealand, New Caledonia.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Distribution References

General References

Ferrara, F. 1977. Pyrgoniscus lanceolatus, new species of Armadillidae (terrestrial Isopoda) from East Africa. Monitore Zoologico Italiano n.s., Monographie 9 15: 305-309 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement suggested synonymy of Merulana with Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, 1859)

Lewis, F. 1998. New genera and species of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) from Australia. Journal of Natural History 32: 701-732 [725] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement recognised validity of Merulana for Australian species, the view supported in the interim in this Catalogue)

Lillemets, B. & Wilson, G.D.F. 2002. Armadillidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Lord Howe Island: new taxa and biogeography. Records of the Australian Museum 54: 71-98 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Merulana treated as junior synonym of Pyrgoniscus)

Taiti, S., Paoli, P. & Ferrara, F. 1998. Morphology, biogeography, and ecology of the family Armadillidae (Crustacea, Oniscidea). Israel Journal of Zoology 44: 291-301 [296] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymy of Merulana with Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, 1859 restated)

 

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)
05-Aug-2022 04-May-2011 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 29-Jun-2010 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2010 MODIFIED