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Stick insects

Paper published

Two new stick insects from tropical Queensland

A revision of Australian Anchiale recognises two newly described species from tropical eastern Queensland. The study compares body features, eggs and mitochondrial DNA, and provides a key to the Australian species.

Tropical eastern Queensland

Read the paperAustral EntomologyOpen access
Cicadas

Paper published

Five new cicadas in eastern NSW woodlands

Five Yoyetta species receive formal descriptions from eastern New South Wales. The paper documents their woodland and forest habitats, body features and distinctive calling songs.

Eastern New South Wales

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Beetles

Paper published

A new jewel beetle from the Great Victoria Desert

Temognatha sundholmi is described from South Australia's Great Victoria Desert. Its distinctive body features separate it from a close relative even though their COI DNA barcodes do not—an intriguing example of why taxonomy uses several kinds of evidence.

Great Victoria Desert, South Australia

Read the paperAustral EntomologyOpen access

Curated from original research. Sources checked 12 Oct 2026. Dates refer to scientific publication; “new” means newly described to science. Victorian connections indicate a published Victorian record, including places beyond Wyndham.

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Blue-banded bee
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Blue-banded bee

Amegilla chlorocyanea

A hairy bee with pale blue abdominal bands and rapid hovering flight.

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