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Womersleymeria
''Womersleymeria'' is a monotypic genus of springtails containing only the species ''Womersleymeria bicornis''. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Taxonomy and history This species was described as ''Ceratrimeria bicornis'' in 1940 by Herbert Womersley of the South Australian Museum based on two adult specimens from Ida Bay, Tasmania, one immature specimen from Belgrave, Victoria, and one adult specimen from Olinda, Victoria. In 1949 Jan Stach erected the new genus ''Womersleymeria'' for this species, combining it as ''Womersleymeria bicornis''. Distribution and habitat ''Womersleymeria bicornis'' is known from Victoria and Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ..., where it can be found in and under rotting logs in forests. References Neanuridae ...
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Herbert Womersley
Herbert Womersley (1889–1962) was an English entomologist whose works were especially concerned with mites and ticks, silverfish and flies. His research into the diversity of Australian resulted in descriptions of new insect taxa. Biography Womersley was enlisted for wartime service in two English military sections, during 1915 to 1917 in the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Chemical Corps, Royal Engineers. After volunteering to join the chemical engineers, Womersley was engaged to transport tanks of poisons toward the frontlines of battle and release phosgene, chlorine and other weaponised gases when the prevailing wind became unfavourable to the enemy. Womersley was involved in the earliest chemical weapon attacks on German troops during the European conflict, including the first British use at the Battle of Loos. He served next at the munitions factory, H.M. Factory Gretna as a chemist until the end of the war. His later employment in Britain included a soap manufactur ...
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Jan Stach
Jan Wacław Stach (March 8, 1877 – July 28, 1975) was a Polish zoologist who studied the collembola as well as studied Pliocene mammal fossils. He was a professor at the Jagiellonian University. Life and work Stach was born in Rzeszów and studied zoology at the Jagiellonian University, receiving a master's degree in 1900 under Henryk Hoyer. He taught at a school briefly and in 1919 he headed the physiographic museum in Krakow. During military service under the Austro-Hungarian region he collected extensively from the Tatra Mountain region. In 1951 he became a professor and in 1953 he was made director of the institution which later became the institute of zoology under the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1929 he was involved in excavations in Starunia where a sub-fossil woolly rhinoceros (''Coelodonta antiquitatis'') was obtained complete with soft parts preserved. Stach oversaw the preservation of this specimen which is now in the Museum of Natural History. After World War II ...
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Arthropods Of Victoria (state)
Arthropods ( ) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated ( metameric) segments, and paired jointed appendages. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. They form an extremely diverse group of up to ten million species. Haemolymph is the analogue of blood for most arthropods. An arthropod has an open circulatory system, with a body cavity called a haemocoel through which haemolymph circulates to the interior Organ (anatomy), organs. Like their exteriors, the internal organs of arthropods are generally built of repeated segments. They have ladder-like nervous systems, with paired Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral, ventral Ventral nerve cord, nerve cords running through all segments and forming paired ganglia in each segment. Their heads are f ...
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Taxa Described In 1949
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion, especially in the context of rank-based (" Linnaean") nomenclature (much less so under phylogenetic nomenclature). If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were presumably set forth in prehistoric times by hunter-gatherers, as suggested by the fairly sophisticated folk taxonomies. Much later, Aristotle, and later still ...
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Monotypic Springtail Genera
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. Theoretical implications Monotypic taxa present several important theoretical challenges in biological classification. One key issue is known as "Gregg's Paradox": if a single species is the only member of multiple hierarchical levels (for example, being the only species in its genus, which is the only genus in its family), then each level needs a distinct definition to maintain logical structure. Otherwise, the different taxonomic ranks become effectively identical, which creates problems for organizing biological diversity in a hierarchical system. ...
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Neanuridae
The family Neanuridae contains pudgy short-legged springtails of the order Poduromorpha. It was established by Carl Börner in 1901. Systematics There are six subfamilies currently recognized: * Caputanurininae * Frieseinae * Morulininae * Neanurinae * Pseudachorutinae * Uchidanurinae The peculiar genus '' Pseudoxenylla'' is of uncertain relationships and hence not assigned to a subfamily yet. Genera These 97 genera belong to the family Neanuridae: * '' Adbiloba'' Stach, 1951 * '' Aethiopella'' Handschin, 1942 * '' Aethiopellina'' Delamare, 1951 * '' Albanura'' Deharveng, 1982 * '' Americanura'' Cassagnau, 1983 * '' Anurida'' Laboulbene, 1865 * '' Anuridella'' Willem, 1906 * '' Arlesia'' Handschin, 1942 * '' Australonura'' * '' Balkanura'' Cassagnau, 1978 * '' Bilobella'' Caroli, 1912 * '' Blasconura'' Cassagnau, 1983 * '' Blasconurella'' * '' Caledonimeria'' Delamare-Deboutteville & Massoud, 1962 * '' Caledonura'' Deharveng, 1988 * '' Cansilianura'' Dallai & Fanc ...
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Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the List of islands by area#Islands, 26th-largest island in the world, and the List of islands of Tasmania, surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents . The List of Australian capital cities, state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40% of the population living in the Greater Hobart area. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Tasmania is the most decentralised state in Australia, with the lowest proportion of its residents living within its capital city. Tasmania's main island was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal peoples, who today generally identify as Palawa or Pakana. It is believed that Abori ...
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Victoria (state)
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a States and territories of Australia, state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km2). Victoria's economy is the List of Australian states and territories by gross state product, second-largest among Australian states and is highly diversified, with service sectors predominating. Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate climate, temperate coa ...
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Combinatio Nova
In biological taxonomy, a combinatio nova (abbreviated comb. nov. or n. comb.) refers to the formal renaming of an organism's scientific name when it is transferred to a different genus, reclassified within a different species, or its taxonomic rank is altered. Unlike the naming of a new species (), a ''combinatio nova'' does not describe a previously unknown organism but reorganizes an existing name to reflect updated understanding of its relationships or classification. For example, when a species is moved to a new genus, its specific epithet is retained and combined with the new genus name, forming the new combination. This process ensures consistency and accuracy in naming while adhering to the rules established by nomenclature codes. The concept of ''combinatio nova'' plays a vital role in maintaining the stability and traceability of scientific names as taxonomic classifications evolve. Creating a valid ''combinatio nova'' requires proper citation of the original name, kno ...
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