• Ovalona Damme, K. van & Dumont, H.J. 2008. Further division of Alona Baird, 1843: separation and position of Coronatella Dybowski & Grochowski and Ovalona gen.n. (Crustacea: Cladocera). Zootaxa 1960: 1–44 [3].

  Type species:

   Alona weinecki Studer, 1878 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: 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) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Alona archeri Sars, G.O. 1888. Additional notes on Australian Cladocera raised from dried mud. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania (7): 1-74 [53].

  Type data:

   Lectotype UZMO (G.O. Sars collection), Rockhampton, Qld.
• Alona beverleyae Smirnov, N.N. 1989. Tropical Cladocera. 1. Alona et Biapertura (Aloninae, Chydoridae) species novae from tropical Australia. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 68: 135-140 [135].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sinev, A.Y. 2002. Redescription of an Australian cladoceran, Alona archeri Sars, 1888 (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). Arthropoda Selecta 11: 247–254

Generic Combinations

• Ovalona archeri (Sars, 1888). —
  Sinev, A.Y. 2015. Revision of the pulchella-group of Alona s. lato leads to its translocation to Ovalona Van Damme et Dumont, 2008 (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). Zootaxa 4044(4): 451–492 [471]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

History of changes

• Alona pulchella King, R.L. 1853. On Australian Entomostracans — in continuation. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 2: 253-263 [260].
• Alona laevissima Sars, G.O. 1888. Additional notes on Australian Cladocera raised from dried mud. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania (7): 1-74 [59].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sinev, A.Y. 2015. Revision of the pulchella-group of Alona s. lato leads to its translocation to Ovalona Van Damme et Dumont, 2008 (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). Zootaxa 4044(4): 451–492

Generic Combinations

• Ovalona pulchella (King, 1853). —
  Sinev, A.Y. 2015. Revision of the pulchella-group of Alona s. lato leads to its translocation to Ovalona Van Damme et Dumont, 2008 (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). Zootaxa 4044(4): 451–492 [483]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin

History of changes