Mount Aopinie
Mount Aopinie (french: Mont Aoupinié) is a mountain of central New Caledonia, with an elevation of . The source of the Poya River lies to the southwest. The landscape is dominated by dense forest. The eponymous faunal reserve (''Réserve de Faune de l’Aoupinié'') contains the mountain and its surrounds, straddling the border between Poya and Ponérihouen communes. Biological names that reference the location include: the spiders ''Bradystichus aoupinie''(Wikispecies) and '' Orstom aoupinie''(Wikispecies); and the moth genus Aoupinieta. Type specimens for the lizard ''Nannoscincus rankini Rankin's elf skink (''Nannoscincus rankini'') is a species of skink found in New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , ...'' and the flatworm '' Pimea monticola'' were collected at the mountain's summit. References External linksView on Google Earth Aopinie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Caledonia
) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , established_title = Annexed by France , established_date = 24 September 1853 , established_title2 = Overseas territory , established_date2 = 1946 , established_title3 = Nouméa Accord , established_date3 = 5 May 1998 , official_languages = French , regional_languages = , capital = Nouméa , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym = New Caledonian , government_type = Devolved parliamentary dependency , leader_title1 = President of France , leader_name1 = Emmanuel Macron , leader_title2 = President of the Government , leader_name2 = Louis Mapou , leader_title3 = President of the Congress , leader_name3 = Roch Wamytan , leader_title4 = High Commissioner , leader_name4 = ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Poya River
The Poya River is a river of western-central New Caledonia. Its source lies near Mount Aopinie. The town of Poya lies on the river bank not far from the sea. The river mouth at Poya Bay is characterised by large mangroves. The Ndokoa Gorge lies to the north of the Poya River. See also *List of rivers of New Caledonia A list of rivers of New Caledonia: * Amoa River * Canala River * Cap River * Comboui River * Diahot River * Dothio River * Dumbéa River * Hienghène River * Ho River * Houaïlou River * Iouanga River * Karoipa River * Koua River * Kouakoué Riv ... References Rivers of New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-river-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Poya, New Caledonia
Poya is a commune in New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The largest part of the commune (including the main settlement of Poya itself) lies in the North Province of New Caledonia, and a smaller part of the commune lies in the South Province, an odd situation resulting from the creation of New Caledonia's provinces in 1989. At the 2019 census, 2,592 of the 2,802 inhabitants of Poya lived on the North Province's side of the commune, while only 210 inhabitants lived on the South Province's side. Climate Poya has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification ''Aw''). The average annual temperature in Poya is . The average annual rainfall is with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in February, at around , and lowest in July, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Poya was on 19 November 1968; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 24 May 1957. See also *AS Poya AS Poya is a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ponérihouen
Ponérihouen is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen .... Ponérihouen is the birthplace of the writer, feminist and politician Déwé Gorodey, who served as vice-president of the congress from 2001 to 2009. References Communes of New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bradystichus Aoupinie
''Bradystichus'' is a genus of New Caledonian Pisauridae, nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. Species it contains five species, found only on New Caledonia: *''Bradystichus aoupinie'' Norman I. Platnick, Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster, Forster, 1993 – New Caledonia *''Bradystichus calligaster'' Simon, 1884 (Type_species, type) – New Caledonia *''Bradystichus crispatus'' Simon, 1884 – New Caledonia *''Bradystichus panie'' Platnick & Forster, 1993 – New Caledonia *''Bradystichus tandji'' Platnick & Forster, 1993 – New Caledonia See also * List of Pisauridae species References Araneomorphae genera Pisauridae Spiders of Oceania {{Pisauridae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoupinieta
''Aoupinieta'' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. Species *'' Aoupinieta hollowayi'' Razowski, 2012 *'' Aoupinieta mountpanieae'' Razowski, 2013 *'' Aoupinieta novaecaledoniae'' Razowski, 2012 *'' Aoupinieta obesa'' Razowski, 2013 *'' Aoupinieta setaria'' Razowski, 2013 *'' Aoupinieta silacea'' Razowski, 2013 Etymology The generic name refers to Mount Aopinie, the type locality of the type-species., 2012: Five tortricines from Malaysia and New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Polish Journal of Entomology'' 81 (1): 81-90. Full article: . See also *List of Tortricidae genera This is a taxonomy of the moth family Tortricidae down to genus level. This classification is up-to-date to 2008, taking information from the Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae and taxonomic changes made in 2007. Subfamily Tortricinae Tri ... References * , 2013: Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Shilap Revista ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nannoscincus Rankini
Rankin's elf skink (''Nannoscincus rankini'') is a species of skink found in New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign st .... References Nannoscincus Reptiles described in 1987 Skinks of New Caledonia Endemic fauna of New Caledonia Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier {{Skink-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pimea Monticola
''Pimea'' is a genus of land planarians that currently contains a single species, ''Pimea monticola'', from the central highlands of New Caledonia. Description ''Pimea monticola'' is characterized by an expanded anterior end with a musculo-glandular organ in the form of an adhesive pad. The cutaneous longitudinal musculature is partially insunk into the mesenchyma and originates a retractor muscle associated to the musculo-glandular organ. The mesenchymal musculature is weak. The copulatory apparatus lacks adenodactyls and has an intra-antral penis papilla. Etymology The genus name ''Pimea'' comes from a pre-colonial Melanesian clan, the Pime, that lived in an area close to the type-locality. The specific epithet ''monticola'' comes from Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |