Acrotelsella aff. marginata, Smith & Mitchell, 2024

Smith, Graeme B. & Mitchell, Andrew, 2024, On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 76 (1), pp. 1-68 : 36

Acrotelsella aff. marginata F3

Figs 79 , 102

Material examined. (nine males, five females, four juveniles) 1♀ (HW 1.08) QLD: Bramwell Station 12.1389°S 142.6234°E 69m asl, 21.vii.2013, Graeme Smith, bark spray to square bark eucalypt, AMS K.541670 (on two slides) ; 3♂♂ (HW 1.00, 0.90, 0.88) 1 subadult ♀ (HW 0.85) 1 juvenile (HW 0.70) same data as previous, AMS K.378014 (in alcohol) ; 1♀ (HW 1.19) Bramwell Station 12.1387°S 142.6235°E 73m asl, 21.vii.2013, Graeme Smith, bark spray to soft bark eucalypt, AMS K.541671 (on two slides) ; 3♂♂ (HW 0.83, 0.80. 0.80) 2 juveniles (HW 0.55, 0.50) same data as previous, AMS K.378015 (in alcohol) ; 1♂ (HW 1.10) Heathlands Resources Reserve , 4km south of Fruit Bat Falls 11.4889°S 142.4328°E 92m asl, 25.vii.2013, Graeme Smith, bark spray to ironbark, AMS K.541672 (on two slides) ; 1♂ (HW 1.08) 1♀ (HW 1.18) same data as previous, K.378029 (in alcohol) ; 1♂ (HW 1.50) Heathlands Resources Reserve , ca 1km along Captain Billy Rd 11.6801°S 142.7121°E 111m asl, 26.vii.2013, Graeme Smith, under bark in rainforest/ vine forest, AMS K.541673 (on two slides) ; 1♀ (HW 1.28) QLD: Heathlands Resources Reserve , along Captain Billy Rd 11.6204°S 142.8441°E 36m asl, 27.vii.2013, Graeme Smith, bark spray to eucalypt with long soft bark, AMS K.541675 (on two slides) [NB. two mites, of the Hyporder Raphignathina, removed from between nota and placed into a separate tube] ; 1♀ (HW 1.15) same data as previous, AMS K.378016 (in alcohol). All localities shown on the map in Figure. 79 .

Figures

Figure 79. Known distribution of Acrotelsella marginata sp. nov. (circle) and two closely related taxa A. aff. marginata F2. (square) and A. aff. marginata F3. (inverted triangle).

Figure 102. Acrotelsella aff. marginata F3 from Captain Billy Road, Queensland.