A new dasyurid marsupial from eastern Queensland, Australia: the Buff-footed Antechinus, Antechinus mysticus sp. nov. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)
Baker, Andrew M
Mutton, Thomas Y
Dyck, Steve Van
Zootaxa
2012
3515
1
37
X8J
[365,503,694,720]
Mammalia
Dasyuridae
Antechinus
Animalia
Dasyuromorphia
36
37
Chordata
genus
1a Found in NT................................................................................... A. bellus 1b Not found in NT...................................................................................... 2 2a Found in south-west WA.............................................................. A. flavipes leucogaster 2b Not found in WA..................................................................................... 3 3a Found in north-east Qld or Cape York Peninsula............................................................. 4 3b Not found in north-east Qld or Cape York Peninsula.......................................................... 7 4a BL < 27.9mm; dent <22.0mm; LML < 7.30mm...................................................... A. adustus 4b BL> 27.9mm; dent> 22.0mm; LML> 7.30mm............................................................ 5 5a TC < 2.90mm; UPL < 3.90mm; I1-P3 < 6.6mm; found in wet tropics of north-east Qld, south of Princess Charlotte Bay.......................................................................................... A. flavipes rubeculus 5b TC usually> 2.90mm, but if smaller then only found north of Princess Charlotte Bay on Cape York Peninsula............ 6 6a NW> 2.8mm; IOW < 7.4mm; UPL <4.00mm, found only north of Princess Charlotte Bay on Cape York Peninsula... A. leo 6b NW < 2.8mm; IOW> 7.4mm; UPL> 3.90mm, found only south of Princess Charlotte Bay in the wet tropics of north-east Qld............................................................................................ A. godmani 7a Has all the following features: R-LC1 5.40mmor less, APV 4.00mm or more, and reduced stylar cusp B on M2 and M3................................................................................................ A. swainsonii 7b Without the combination of all features above............................................................... 8 8a Has all the following features: IOW 6.70mmor more, compressed spadelike I1, lack of slight space between I1 and I2; found in damp, lowland, coastal habitat in Tasmania, southern Victoria and south-east SA only....................... A. minimus 8b Without the combination of all features above............................................................... 9 9a Has all the following features: IPV < 3.80mm(mean 2.60mmand usually less than 3.00mm), PPV> 5.00mm, well developed entoconids on M3, found in the altitudinal rainforest of south-east Qld and north-east NSW only............. A. subtropicus 9b Without the combination of all features above.............................................................. 10 10a Has all the following features: R-LC1> 4.60mm, M2W> 2.42mm(usually more than 2.52mm), UML> 6.5mm, LML> 7.15mm, occurs in a range of habitats throughout south-eastern / eastern Australia, including drier areas west of the Great Dividing Range........................................................................ A. flavipes flavipes 10b Without the combination of all features above.............................................................. 11 11a R-LC1> 4.65mm, BuL> 3.95mm; found in Qld, usually from near the Qld/NSW border to Mackay (mid-east Qld).................................................................................................... A. mysticus 11b R-LC1 < 5.60mm, BuL < 4.60mm; found mostly in south-east SA, Victoria or NSW, known from Qld only in scattered loca- tions near the south-east Qld/NSW border................................................................. 12 12a R-LC1 < 4.95mm, PPV < 5.1mm; found at the latitude of Sydney in NSW or further south, extending into Victoria and south- east SA........................................................................................ A. agilis 12b R-LC1> 4.40mm; PPV> 4.40mm; found only in eastern NSW at the latitude of Sydney or further north, extending into far south-east Qld................................................................................. A. stuartii