Aphiura species
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110096564 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B287A2-425B-FF8D-FD21-FA46FC3FFE2C |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Aphiura species |
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(figures 71, 72)
Material
Eleven females, Western Australia, Beverley, 70 km east of Perth , 25 May 2000 (Robert Davis, 25-46) ( UMZC) .
This species from Western Australia was added to the key at the last moment. The figures, therefore, are out of sequence towards the end of this paper. A detailed
description will be prepared when males have been procured by Robert Davis during the course of his continuing field studies [see postscript].
Natural history
The larvae prey upon the eggs of the frog Heleioporus punctatus Gray , whose eggs are laid out of water in a burrow up to 1.5 m long. This represents an example of convergent evolution, of the same habit, with the case of Megaselia nidanurae Disney , whose larvae prey upon the eggs of the burrow nesting frog Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider) in Trinidad (Downie et al., 1995).
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