Publication Type: | Journal Article |
: | 2010 |
Authors: | D. S. Kent |
Journal: | Zookeys |
Volume: | 56 |
Pagination: | 121-140 |
Date Published: | 2010 |
: | Austroplatypus incompertus |
: | Previous descriptions of adult Austroplatypus incompertus (Schedl) are completed by the addition of descriptions and illustrations of the adults and, in particular, their maxillary palps. I describe and illustrate the non-adult phases of the life cycle and provide a key to the larval instars. The sexual dimorphism of A. incompertus is atypical and includes a latitudinal cline which obeys Bergmann's rule. The taxonomic position of the genus within the Platypodinae is clarified. Platypus incostatus Schedl is recognised as the male of the species, and hence a new synonym of A. incompertus. |
: | http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/issue/view/58 |