Open AccessPSOCOPTERA FROM THE GRAMPIANS AND MT ARAPILES, WESTERN VICTORIA—A BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Endersby N. M.,
New T. R.,
Thornton I. W. B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1990.tb00351.x
Subject(s) - psocoptera , fauna , biology , ecology
Psocoptera collected from a range of vegetation associations at The Grampians and Mt Arapiles, 2 inland highland localities in western Victoria, are listed and discussed. Ten visits during 1988 yielded 32 species of Psocoptera (The Grampians 27, Mt Arapiles 13). The faunas of the 2 areas are compared, and a more extensive comparison is made with earlier surveys of Cape Otway and Wilson's Promontory (Victoria) and some Bass Strait islands (Tasmania) using Correspondence Analysis and several similarity indices. The fauna of Mt Arapiles appears to be particularly distinct in relation to those of the other study areas.