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For further details, see Format of the Directory.
Hierarchical placement of the taxon. The highest level (![[level 1 icon]](images/lvl1.gif)
level 1) is displayed first, with subsequent levels on separate lines.
During compilation of the Australian Faunal Directory, the level of information available will vary from one animal group to another. For some groups, this may consist initially of only a list of scientific names to species. For some taxa no details are available.
General information about the taxon.
Characters which may be used to define the taxon.
If any species are considered to be no longer part of the Australian fauna and the genus is thus also excluded, they are listed here. If the genus is still represented in the Australian limital area, such species will be listed at the genus level.
Host-taxon associations (if any) and made at species level, such as which species of flea occur on which mammal, are collated and listed at the top level of the taxon.
General information about the contents of the data, presented only at the top level of the group selected.
The acronyms of the institutions where the type data are held are recorded at species level. These acronyms and the institutions to which they refer are collated and listed at Level 1. There is also a link to a list of Museum and Acronyms used in the Australian Faunal Directory.
Descriptors selected in the database at species level are collated and lis ed at Level 1. There is also a link to a Glossary of terms as a guide to the meaning of each descriptor.
Cumulative totals for the establishment of species in the Australian fauna and element statistics for the selected taxon. Note: totals for years 1991-2000 are not complete for some groups.
These may refer to published Zoological Catalogue of Australia volumes/sections as well as revisions and other information compiled for the Australian Faunal Directory.
Bibliographic references cited in the Introduction are listed at the end of the Introduction.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural data associated with the selected taxon name may be presented also for taxa above Genus. The format is similar to that described below for Genus information.
Hierarchical placement of the taxon. The highest level (level 1) is displayed first, with subsequent levels on separate lines.
Genus Available Name, Author, year of publication, and work and page where the name was first made available. Genus Available Names, in synonymy, are listed in chronological order. Each name is given in its legitimate form, without diacritic marks or hyphenation. Published names judged to be not available may be included in the synonymies where clarification is needed to preclude confusion on the status of these names. Qualifications, if any, concerning the name are given in brackets after the bibliographic citation.
Type species of the genus available name, given in its original combination, followed if necessary by the form used by the nominator, and followed by the method of designation. If no type species was designated or indicated, the names of all originally included species are listed in chronological order.
Bibliographic reference(s) to the taxonomic decision for synonymy adopted by the author(s) of the database.
Distribution data given in the Australian Faunal Directory are by political and geographic region descriptors and serve as a guide to the distribution of a taxon. Extralimital distribution and qualifications about the distribution may also be recorded. The distribution descriptors for each species are collated to genus level. The political and geographic region descriptors are given in the Maps. An asterisk (*) implies that the information is unconfirmed but, in the opinion of the author(s), likely to be correct.
Additional information, if any, follows the keywords separated by a semicolon. For details of a taxon's distribution, the reader should consult the cited references.
Extralimital distribution: If a species contained in the genus occurs outside Australia, a brief descriptive phrase of its distribution is given together with a bibliographic reference to a work which leads the reader to literature defining that distribution.
If any species are considered to be no longer part of the Australian fauna and if the genus is still represented in the Australian limital area, such species are listed here. If the genus is thus also excluded, the species will be listed at Level 1.
Reference(s) for further reading on the taxon.
Hierarchical placement of the taxon. The highest level (level 1) is displayed first, with subsequent levels on separate lines.
Species Available Name, Author, year of publication, and work and page where the name was first made available. Species Available Names, in synonymy, are listed in chronological order. Each name is given in its legitimate form, without diacritic marks or hyphenation. Published names judged to be not available may be included in the synonymies where clarification is needed to preclude confusion on the status of these names. Qualifications, if any, concerning the name are given in brackets after the bibliographic citation.
Type data includes nature of type specimen(s) and institution(s) in which the type(s) is held. An asterisk (*) indicates that the type(s) has not been examined and its identity established personally by the author. The museum acronyms, and the institutions to which they refer, are listed at the Level 1 of the database. If the primary type is a lectotype or neotype, a reference to the subsequent designation follows.
Type locality is the place(s) where the primary type(s) (includes lectotype and neotype) was collected. Geographical place names are given in their modern form wherever possible, followed by the original name if different.
Bibliographic reference(s) to alternative taxonomic arrangement adopted by the author of the database.
Distribution data given in the Australian Faunal Directory are by political and geographic region descriptors and serve as a guide to the distribution of a taxon. Extralimital distribution and qualifications about the distribution may also be recorded. The distribution descriptors for each species are collated to genus level. The political and geographic region descriptors are given in the Maps. An asterisk (*) implies that the information is unconfirmed but, in the opinion of the author(s), likely to be correct. Additional information, if any, follows the keywords separated by a semicolon. For details of a taxon's distribution, the reader should consult the cited references.
Ecological descriptors or keywords are general terms used to indicate the ecology of each species and are defined in the Glossary. An asterisk (*) implies that the information is unconfirmed but, in the opinion of the author(s), likely to be correct. Additional information, if any, follows the keywords. Host-taxon associations, if any, are also shown and in addition are collated and listed at the top level (Level 1) for the selected group.
Reference(s) for further reading on the taxon.