Millipedes of Australia

Chordeumatida: Metopidiotrichidae:
Australeuma spp.

Go to Australeuma synonymy on Metopidiotrichidae introduction page

Australeuma gladifer Shear & Mesibov, 1997
  Australeuma gladifer Shear & Mesibov 1997: 144 (in species key),
    155 (first description),
    figs. 32-34, p. 158.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Mt Donna Buang, Vic, 3300 feet.
Collector, date. T.M. Howard, 1966-67.
Other data. Nothofagus litter.
Deposited. MV.
Paratype. In WAM: 1 male, Cumberland Falls, Vic, 37°34'S 145°53'E, M.S. Harvey & M.E. Blosfelds, 27 May 1991.

Australeuma golovatchi Shear & Mesibov, 1997
  Australeuma golovatchi Shear & Mesibov 1997: 144 (in species key),
    154 (first description),
    figs. 28, 29, p. 155; figs. 30, 31, p. 156; fig. 81 (map), p. 176.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. 10 km W of Strathgordon, near Mt Sprent, Tas, 290 m.
Collectors, date. N.I. Platnick, R.J. Raven & T. Churchill, 30 April 1987.
Other data. In Berlese sample of moss and litter from Nothofagus rainforest.
Deposited. AMNH.
Paratypes. In QVMAG: 1 male, details as for holotype, QVM 23:40218.
  In AMNH: 1 female, details as for holotype.
Note. For Australeuma golovatchi images and distribution map, go to the Australeuma mauriesi group page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.

Australeuma jeekeli Golovatch, 1986
  Australeuma jeekeli Golovatch 1986: 255 (first description),
    fig. 2, p. 256.
  Australeuma jeekeli Shear & Mesibov 1997: 144 (in species key),
    146 (new material examined),
    figs. 7-10, p. 147; fig. 80 (map), p. 175.
  Australeuma jeekeli Shelley et al. 2000: 63. (In genus catalogue, as type of Australeuma.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Mt Field National Park, 9 km NNE of Maydena, Tas.
Collectors, date. C.A.W. Jeekel & A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers, 27 November 1980.
Other data. Station 105, "upper zone of temperate rainforest (Nothofagus, Eucalyptus, Dicksonia) along nature track, very wet soil, under logs" (Jeekel 1981: 15).
Deposited. ZMA.
Paratypes. In ZMA: 1 juvenile, details as for holotype; 2 juveniles, Mt Field National Park, 12 km ENE of Maydena, Tas (station 107), same collectors and date, "temperate rainforest with ferntrees along creek, under logs and litter" (Jeekel 1981: 16).
Other records. Widespread and common in eastern Tas (QVMAG specimens).
Note. For Australeuma jeekeli images and distribution map, go to the Australeuma jeekeli page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.

Australeuma mauriesi Shear & Mesibov, 1997
  Australeuma mauriesi Shear & Mesibov 1997: 144 (in species key),
    152 (first description),
    figs. 5, 6, p. 145; figs. 22-24, p. 153; figs. 25-27, p. 154; fig.81 (map), p. 176.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Savage River Pipeline Road, Tas, CQ560255, 500 m.
Collectors, date. P. Greenslade, 20 April 1989.
Other data. National Rainforest Conservation Program (= NRCP), Savage River Pipeline Road site 3, PKD (pyrethrum knock-down) from myrtle (Nothofagus cunninghamii).
Deposited. QVMAG; QVM 23:40209.
Paratypes. As labelled by W. Shear or listed in Shear & Mesibov (1997: 152):
  In AM: 1 male, 4 females or juveniles, details as for holotype (formerly QVM 23:40211); 1 females or juvenile, details as for holotype (formerly QVM 23:40210).
  In QVMAG: 2 females or juveniles, Maggs Mountain, Tas, DP322802, 880m, site F, R. Green, 22 November 1983, QVM 23:6682; 1 male, Maggs Mountain, Tas, DP316813, 800 m, site E, R. Green, 15 May 1984, QVM 23:6681; 1 male, Maggs Mountain, Tas, DP334838, 540 m, site C, R. Green, 17 April 1985, QVM 23:6683; 1 female or juvenile, 16 km NNW of Bicheno, Tas, L. Hill, 3 November 1985, QVM 23:40192; 1 male, Savage River Pipeline Road, Tas, CQ558247, 500 m, SRPR site 1, myrtle PKD, B. Brown, 19 April, 1989, QVM 23:40204; 1 male, details as for holotype but L. Robertson collector, QVM 23:40207; 1 male, details as for holotype but B. Brown collector, QVM 23:40205; 1 female or juvenile, Savage River Pipeline Road, Tas, CQ558247, 500 m, NRCP SRPR site 1, leaf litter, NRCP personnel, 21 April 1989, QVM 23:40206; 1 female or juvenile, same details as QVM 23:40206 but sweep and beat by J. Diggle, QVM 23:40208; 1 female or juvenile, Anthony Road, Tas, CP854680, 840 m, NRCP Anthony Road site 1, leaf litter, J. Diggle & H. Mitchell, 21 April 1989, QVM 23:40203; 1 female or juvenile, same details as QVM 23:40203 but sweep and beat, QVM 23:40202; 2 males, Big Sassy Creek, Tas, EP749332, 400 m, NRCP site 2, PKD, P. Greenslade & D. Rounsevell, 12 May 1989, QVM 23:40201; 2 females or juveniles, same details as QVM 23:40201 but D. Rounsevell, sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum) PKD, QVM 23:40199; 1 male, same details as QVM 23:40201 but P. Greenslade, leaf litter, QVM 23:40200; 2 females or juveniles, Cradle Mountain, Tas, DP109955, 880 m, NRCP site, myrtle PKD, R. Coy, 17 November 1989; QVM 23:40197; 1 female or juvenile, same details as QVM 23:40197 but H. Mitchell, litter, 18 November 1989, QVM 23:40198; 1 female or juvenile, Rattler Hill, Tas, EQ744353, 650 m, R. Mesibov, 3 September 1990, QVM 23:40196; 1 male, 1 female or juvenile, Wombat Hill, Tas, CQ702064, 680 m, R. Mesibov, 19 September 1990, QVM 23:40195; 1 female or juvenile, same details as QVM 23:40195 but 22 September 1990, QVM 23:40194; 1 female or juvenile, Black Hill, Tas, EP618008, 440 m, R. Mesibov, 25 April 1991, QVM 23:40193; 1 female or juvenile, Crayfish Creek, Tas, CQ631716, 30 m, R. Mesibov, 18 November 1991, QVM 23:6875.
Other records. Elsewhere in Tas (QVMAG specimens).
Note. For Australeuma mauriesi images and distribution map, go to the Australeuma mauriesi group page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.

Australeuma peckorum Shear & Mesibov, 1997
  Australeuma peckorum Shear & Mesibov 1997: 144 (in species key),
    148 (first description),
    figs. 14-17, p. 150; figs. 18-21, p. 151.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Shedley Drive, Walpole National Park, WA, 34°59'S 116°44'E.
Collectors, date. S. & J. Peck, 22 June 1980.
Other data. In rotted eucalypt bark and old fungi on logs and stumps.
Deposited. WAM.
Paratypes. 35 males and 23 females, details as for holotype, distributed among AM, AMNH, QVMAG, USNMNH and WAM.

Australeuma simile Golovatch, 1986
  Australeuma simile Golovatch 1986: 257 (first description),
    fig. 3, p. 258.
  Australeuma simile Shear & Mesibov 1997: 144 (in species key),
    148 (partial redescription),
    figs. 1-4, p. 145; figs. 11-13, p. 149; fig. 80 (map), p. 175.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Lake St Clair National Park, near Cynthia Bay, 5 km NNW of Derwent Bridge, Tas.
Collectors, date. C.A.W. Jeekel & A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers, 26 November 1980.
Other data. Station 104, "wet Eucalyptus forest, under logs" (Jeekel 1981: 15).
Deposited. ZMA.
Paratypes. In ZMA: 3 males, 2 females, 3 juveniles, details as for holotype.
   In Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, Russia (Golovatch 1986: 257): 1 male, 1 female, details as for holotype.
Other records. Widespread in western Tas (QVMAG specimens).
Note. For Australeuma simile images and distribution map, go to the Australeuma simile page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.