Diporiphora ameliae, Couper, Patrick, Melville, Jane & Chapple, Angus Emmott And Stephanie N. J., 2012

Couper, Patrick, Melville, Jane & Chapple, Angus Emmott And Stephanie N. J., 2012, A new species of Diporiphora from the Goneaway Tablelands of Western Queensland, Zootaxa 3556, pp. 39-54 : 44

Diporiphora ameliae sp. nov. Emmott, Couper, Melville & Chapple

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Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) Diporiphora ameliae sp. nov. from Valetta Station. (A) male in full breeding colours (B) gravid female (images: A. Emmott).

FIGURE 3. Ventral pattern of adult male D. ameliae sp. nov. (A) at time of capture (B) after being held overnight in a cloth bag (images A. Emmott).

FIGURE 4. Variation in the ventral pattern of D. ameliae sp. nov. (left to right, QMJ 51539, J 88275, J 88858, J 91279, J 88274, J 91281, J 63960, J 91278). Bottom right: D. winneckei (QMJ 88272) showing the typical lensate ventral pattern of this species.

FIGURE 5. Male breeding colours (A) D. ameliae sp. nov. from Valetta Station (B) D. winneckei from Windorah (images A. Emmott).