Species Merulana bicarinata (Budde-Lund, 1913)

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Species Merulana bicarinata (Budde-Lund, 1913)

Spherillo (Merulana) bicarinata Budde-Lund, G. 1913. Über einige Oniscoideen von Australien, nachgelassenes Fragment. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 30: 65-72 [65].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1921.10.18.807 ♀, Blue Mountains, between Mt Victoria and Jenolan Caves, NSW; ZMH 4 specimens, Blue Mountains, between Mt Victoria and Jenolan Caves, NSW
Comment: Budde-Lund mentioned only 4 specimens.
Spherillo (Merulana) mactus Wahrberg, R. 1922. Terrestre Isopoden aus Australien. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia, 1910–13. No. 30. Arkiv för Zoologi 15: 1-298 [277].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM 748, 749, 756, Colosseum, Blackal Range and Tamborine, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Vandel, A. 1973. Les Isopodes terrestres de l'Australie, étude systématique et biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 82: 1-171 [127]
Green, A.J.A. in Poore, G.C.B. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp. (synonymy confirmed)
Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 654: 1-341 (generic placement confirmed)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

General References

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 included species in Pyrgoniscus)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	04-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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