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Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement Contents Key BUSH BLITZ SPECIES DISCOVERY PROGRAM Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement Contents Key Appendix A: Species Lists 3 * = New record for this reserve Fauna 4 ^ = Exotic/Pest Vertebrates 4 # = EPBC listed Reptiles 4 ~ = TSC (NSW) listed Frogs and Toads 5 † = FMA (NSW) listed Invertebrates 6 ‡ = NCA (Qld) listed Butterflies and Moths 6 Flies 6 EPBC = Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth) Twisted-wing Parasites 7 FMA = Fisheries Management Act 1994 Beetles 7 (New South Wales) True Bugs — Terrestrial 7 NCA = Nature Conservation Act 1992 Grasshoppers 8 (Queensland) Damselflies and Dragonflies 8 TSC = Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Spiders 9 (New South Wales) Appendix B: Threatened Species 11 Colour coding for entries: Fauna 12 Black = Previously recorded on the reserve and Vertebrates 12 found on this survey Frogs and Toads 12 Brown = Putative new species Appendix C: Exotic and Pest Species 13 Blue = Previously recorded on the reserve but Fauna 14 not found on this survey Invertebrates 14 Butterflies and Moths 14 True Bugs — Terrestrial 14 Grasshoppers 14 2 Bush Blitz survey report — North-western NSW and southern Qld 2009–2010 Appendix A: Species Lists Nomenclature and taxonomy used in this appendix are consistent with that from the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD), the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and the Australian Plant Census (APC). Current at March 2014 Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement 3 Fauna Vertebrates Reptiles Family Species Common name Agamidae Lophognathus burnsi Burns’ Dragon Pogona barbata Bearded Dragon, Common Bearded Dragon, Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona vitticeps Central Bearded Dragon Carphodactylidae Nephrurus levis Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko, Three-lined Knob-tail Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus vittatus Eastern Stone Gecko, Wood Gecko Rhynchoedura sp. Beaked Gecko Elapidae Brachyurophis australis Coral Snake Pseudechis australis King Brown Snake, Mulga Snake Pseudonaja textilis Common Brown Snake, Eastern Brown Snake Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia Dubious Dtella Heteronotia binoei Bynoe’s Gecko Pygopodidae Delma inornata Patternless Delma Delma tincta Excitable Delma Lialis burtonis Burton’s Snake-lizard Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. Snake-eyed Skink Ctenotus allotropis Brown-blazed Wedgesnout Ctenotus Ctenotus ingrami Unspotted Yellow-sided Ctenotus Ctenotus regius Pale-rumped Ctenotus, Royal Ctenotus Ctenotus schomburgkii Barred Wedgesnout Ctenotus, Schomburgk’s Ctenotus Eremiascincus richardsonii Broad-banded Sand-swimmer Lerista timida Timid Slider Menetia greyii Common Dwarf Skink, Grey’s Menetia Proablepharus kinghorni Kinghorn’s Snake-eyed Skink, Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus Prong-snouted Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops ligatus Robust Blind Snake Varanidae Varanus tristis Black-headed Monitor 4 Bush Blitz survey report — North-western NSW and southern Qld 2009–2010 Frogs and Toads Family Species Common name Hylidae Cyclorana novaehollandiae New Holland Frog, Wide-mouthed Frog Cyclorana platycephala Water-holding Frog Cyclorana verrucosa ‡ Rough Frog Litoria rubella Desert Tree Frog, Red Tree Frog Myobatrachidae Neobatrachus sudellae Sudell’s Frog Notaden bennettii Crucifix Frog, Holy Cross Frog Platyplectrum ornatum Ornate Burrowing Frog Uperoleia rugosa Wrinkled Toadlet Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement 5 Invertebrates Butterflies and Moths Butterflies and Moths Family Species Family Species Anthelidae Anthela callispila * Nymphalidae Danaus chrysippus * Cossidae Endoxyla amphiplecta * Hypolimnas bolina nerina * Crambidae Spoladea recurvalis ^ * Junonia villida Lasiocampidae Genduara acedesta * Pieridae Belenois java * Lycaenidae Candalides heathi * Catopsilia pomona * Nacaduba biocellata * Eurema hecabe * Theclinesthes miskini * Eurema smilax * Zizina otis labradus * Sphingidae Agrius convolvuli * Noctuidae Cruria nr donowani * Hyles livornicoides * Ipanica cornigera * Flies Flies Family Species Family Species Apioceridae Apiocera sp. Bombyliidae Ligyra cingulata var. incompleta Asilidae Blepharotes coriarius Ligyra fasciata Bombyliidae Anthrax incomptus Ligyra hemifusca Anthrax maculatus * Ligyra macraspis * Balaana abscondita * Ligyra nr burnsi Balaana latelimbata Ligyra nr cingulata * Comptosia nr acantha * Ligyra nr cingulata var. incompleta * Comptosia nr biguttata * Ligyra nr fasciata * Comptosia nr microrhynchus 01 * Ligyra nr tenebrosa * Comptosia nr microrhynchus 02 Ligyra orest Comptosia nr neobiguttata * Ligyra robertsi * Comptosia nr prosimplex * Munjua paralutea * Docidomyia puellaris * Palirika culgoafloodplainensis n. sp. * Kapu adelaidica * Pseudopenthes fenestrata * Kapu corusca * Wurda emu Kapu irwini * Wurda nr windorah * Larrpana nr zwicki Wurda windorah * Ligyra bombyliformis complex * Conopidae Pleurocerina longicornis * Ligyra bombyliformis Syrphidae Ceriana opuntiae * complex - 5submarg * Ceriana ornata * Ligyra calabyana * Tabanidae Lilaea fuliginosa * Ligyra cingulata 6 Bush Blitz survey report — North-western NSW and southern Qld 2009–2010 Twisted-wing Parasites Family Species Corioxenidae Triozocera curvimaxillaria * Beetles Family Species Cleridae Notopilo culgoaensis n. gen. n. sp. Notopilo n. gen. n. sp. 01 * Notopilo n. gen. n. sp. 02 * Scarabaeidae Digitonthophagus gazella Euoniticellus intermedius * Onitis alexis * Scarabaeidae Onthophagus consentaneus * Onthophagus n. sp. NSW1 * Onthophagus subocelliger * Onthophagus worooa * Semanopterus sp. * True Bugs — Terrestrial True Bugs — Terrestrial Family Species Family Species Alydidae Melanacanthus scutellaris ^ Miridae Kirkaldyella nr anasillosi BBCULG/ Melanacanthus sp. BBCULG/ Msp. 54 Msp. 31 * Miridae n. gen. n. sp. BBCULG/ Coreidae Aulacosternum nigrorubrum * Msp. 43 Cletus similis Mirini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 46 Cydnidae Cydnidae sp. BBCULG/Msp. 26 Orthotylini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 58 * Cydnidae sp. BBCULG/Msp. 27 Peritropis sp. 01 BBCULG/Msp. 42 Enicocephalidae Oncylocotis sp. BBCULG/Msp. 34 * Peritropis sp. 02 BBCULG/Msp. 42 * Systelloderes n. sp. BBCULG/Msp. 32 Phylini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 49 Systelloderes n. sp. BBCULG/ Phylini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 50 Msp. 33 * Phylini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 52 * Geocoridae Germalus sp. BBCULG/Msp. 11 * Phylini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 53 Lygaeidae Nysius vinitor ^ Watarrkamiris sp. BBCULG/Msp. 61 Miridae Ausejanus sp. BBCULG/Msp. 51 Nabidae Nabis kinbergii * Creontiades sp. BBCULG/Msp. 44 * Oxycarenidae Oxycarenus westraliensis Deraeocorini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 48 Pachygronthidae Opistostenus vulturnus * Stenophyella macreta Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement 7 True Bugs — Terrestrial True Bugs — Terrestrial Family Species Family Species Pentatomidae Dictyotus nr roei BBCULG/Msp. 22 * Rhyparochromidae Plinthisus woodwardi * Kapunda troughtoni * Rhyparochrominae sp. BBCULG/ Macrocarenoides scutellatus Msp. 04 * Menida sp. BBCULG/Msp. 21 * Rhyparochrominae sp. BBCULG/ Msp. 05 * nr Neosurenus sp. BBCULG/Msp. 19 Rhyparochromini sp. BBCULG/ Parapoecilometis campbelli Msp. 07 Poecilometis fuscescens * Udeocoris scudderi * Reduviidae Peirates sp. BBCULG/Msp. 40 * Schizopteridae Schizopteridae sp. BBCULG/ Rhyparochromidae Euander sp. BBCULG/Msp. 08 Msp. 35 Fontejus sp. BBCULG/Msp. 10 * Tingidae Lasiacantha spinosa * Lethaeini sp. BBCULG/Msp. 06 * Urentius sarinae Plinthisus australiensis Grasshoppers Family Species Acrididae Austracris guttulosa ^ * Goniaea australasiae * Goniaea vocans * Stropis maculosa Damselflies and Dragonflies Family Species Aeshnidae Anax papuensis * Coenagrionidae Ischnura aurora Ischnura heterosticta Xanthagrion erythroneurum Corduliidae Hemicordulia tau * Lestidae Austrolestes leda * Libellulidae Diplacodes bipunctata * Orthetrum caledonicum 8 Bush Blitz survey report — North-western NSW and southern Qld 2009–2010 Spiders Family Species Filistatidae Pritha sp. Hersiliidae Tamopsis sp. Lycosidae Agalenocosa fallax Hogna crispipes Lycosa godeffroyi Lycosa sp. 1 “bigeyes” Lycosa sp. 2 “spinycymb” Miturgidae Miturgopelma n. gen n. sp. “21merigol” Miturgopelma n. gen n. sp. “bogantungan” Miturgopelma n. gen n. sp. “dulacca” Oonopidae Opopaea sp. Oxyopidae Oxyopes sp. Prodidomidae Molycriinae sp. Prodidomidae sp. Trochanteriidae Pyrnus sp. Zodariidae Habronestes sp. Zodariidae sp. Zoridae Argoctenus sp. Tuxoctenus sp. Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement 9 Notes 10 Bush Blitz survey report — North-western NSW and southern Qld 2009–2010 Appendix B: Threatened Species Nomenclature and taxonomy used in this appendix are consistent with that from the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD), the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and the Australian Plant Census (APC). Current at March 2014 Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement 11 Fauna Vertebrates Frogs and Toads Family Species Common name Status Hylidae Cyclorana verrucosa Rough Frog NCA—Near Threatened 12 Bush Blitz survey report — North-western NSW and southern Qld 2009–2010 Appendix C: Exotic and Pest Species Nomenclature and taxonomy used in this appendix are consistent with that from the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD), the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and the Australian Plant Census (APC). Current at March 2014 Culgoa Floodplain National Park Qld Supplement 13 Fauna Invertebrates Butterflies and Moths Family Species Common name Crambidae Spoladea recurvalis * Beet Webworm True Bugs — Terrestrial Family Species Common name Alydidae Melanacanthus scutellaris Brown Bean Bug, Podsucking Bug Lygaeidae Nysius vinitor Rutherglen Bug Grasshoppers Family Species Common name Acrididae Austracris guttulosa *
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