01649nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245010300055210006900158300001000227490000700237520097700244653001701221653001201238653001401250653001701264653001301281653001501294653002301309653001601332100002201348856004901370       2010                        eng d  a0079-883500aA new subgenus and five new species of Australian Glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa)0 anew subgenus and five new species of Australian Glowworms Dipter  a11-430 v553 aA new subgenus, Arachnocampa (Lucifera) subgen. nov., is described to include the Tasmanian species, Arachnocampa tasmaniensis Ferguson and the Mount Buffalo glow-worm, Arachnocampa buffaloensis sp. nov. The new subgenus is separated from the subgenera Arachnocampa (Arachnocampa) and Arachnocampa (Campara) by differences in wing venation. The subgenus Arachnocampa now includes only the New Zealand species A. luminosa (Skuse) which differs from species of Lucifera and Campara by its unusual method of vertical pupal suspension. The Australian species A. tasmaniensis, A. flava Harrison and A. richardsae Harrison are redescribed. Five new species are described: A. buffaloensis sp. nov. (Victoria) within the subgenus Lucifera; and A. tropica sp. nov. (north Queensland), A. gippslandensis sp. nov. (eastern Victoria), A. otwayensis sp. nov. (western Victoria) and A. girraweenensis sp. nov. (southeast Queensland/northern New South Wales) within the subgenus Campara.10aArachnocampa10aCampara10aglow-worm10aKeroplatidae10aLucifera10arainforest10athreatened species10atroglophile1 aBaker, Claire, H.  uhttps://sciaroidea.myspecies.info/node/4451202375nas a2200181   4500008004100000245011000041210006900151300001200220490000700232520172400239100002201963700002201985700002302007700002502030700002202055700002302077856009302100       2008                        eng d00aDistribution and phylogenetic relationships of Australian glow-worms Arachnocampa (Diptera, Keroplatidae)0 aDistribution and phylogenetic relationships of Australian glowwo  a506-5140 v483 aGlow-worms are bioluminescent fly larvae (Order Diptera, genus Arachnocampa) found only in Australia and New Zealand. Their core habitat is rainforest gullies and wet caves. Eight species are present in Australia; five of them have been recently described. The geographic distribution of species in Australia encompasses the montane regions of the eastern Australian coastline from the Wet Tropics region of northern Queensland to the cool temperate and montane rainforests of southern Australia and Tasmania. Phylogenetic trees based upon partial sequences of the mitochondrial genes cytochrome oxidase 11 and 16S mtDNA show that populations tend to be clustered into allopatric geographic groups showing overall concordance with the known species distributions. The deepest division is between the cool-adapted southern subgenus, Lucifera, and the more widespread subgenus, Campara. Lucifera comprises the sister groups, A. tasmaniensis, from Tasmania and the newly described species, A. buffaloensis, found in a high-altitude cave at Mt Buffalo in the Australian Alps in Victoria. The remaining Australian glow-worms in subgenus Campara are distributed in a swathe of geographic clusters that extend from the Wet Tropics in northern Queensland to the temperate forests of southern Victoria. Samples from caves and rainforests within any one geographic location tended to cluster together within a clade. We suggest that the morphological differences between hypogean (cave) and epigean (surface) glow-worm larvae are facultative adaptations to local microclimatic conditions rather than due to the presence of cryptic species in caves. Crown copyright [copyright] 2008 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.1 aBaker, Claire, H.1 aGraham, Glenn, C.1 aScott, Kirsten, D.1 aCameron, Stephen, L.1 aYeates, David, K.1 aMerritt, David, J.  uhttp://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Baker&al_2008_MolPhylogEvol_Arachnocampa.pdf01708nas a2200253   4500008004100000245011100041210006900152300001000221490000700231520073500238653005500973653001601028653001601044653002501060653007601085653003601161653001301197653001301210653001801223653012201241100002201363700002001385856004901405       2003                        eng d00aLife cycle of an Australian glow-worm Arachnocampa flava Harrison (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampinae)0 aLife cycle of an Australian glowworm Arachnocampa flava Harrison  a45-550 v303 a<p>The life cycle of the southeast Queensland glow-worm Arachnocampa flava Harrison is documented and comparisons made with the more extensively studied New Zealand glow-worm, A. luminosa (Skuse). The adult life span of A. flava is short. Females live a maximum of 2.5 days and males 6 days. Egg development time is 7-9 days and the pupal stage lasts 6-7 days. Behaviour associated with snare construction, prey capture and snare mending is described. Pupae lie suspended horizontally by an anterior and posterior bracing cord, whereas A. luminosa pupae are suspended vertically by a single cord attached at the thorax. Only larvae and one early stage female pupa of A. flava were observed to bioluminesce in the laboratory.</p>
10aAnimalia-; Arachnocampa-flava (Diptera-): species-10aArthropoda-10aArthropods-10aAustralian-glow-worm10acommon-; Arachnocampa-luminosa (Diptera-): species-; Diptera-: Animals-10aDevelopment-; [75314-] Diptera-10aInsecta-10aInsects-10aInvertebrata-10aInvertebrates-; thorax-; egg-development-time; life-cycle; life-span; prey-capture; snare-construction; snare-mending1 aBaker, Claire, H.1 aMerritt, D., J.  uhttps://sciaroidea.myspecies.info/node/21628