Giachino Pier Mauro, Eberhard Stefan, Perina Giulia
World Biodiversity Association onlus. Private: via della Trinità 13, I-10010 San Martino Canavese (TO), Italy World Biodiversity Association Torino Italy.
Subterranean Ecology Pty Ltd, 227 Coningham Road, Coningham, TAS 7054, Australia Subterranean Ecology Pty Ltd Coningham Australia.
Zookeys. 2021 Jun 16;1044:269-337. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.58844. eCollection 2021.
Globally, the great majority of Anillini species are endogean, adapted to live in the interstices of soil and leaf litter, while the extremely low vagility of these minute ground beetles gives rise to numerous shortrange endemic species. Until recently the Australian Anillini fauna was known only from leaf litter in rain forests and eucalypt forests in the wetter, forested regions of eastern and south eastern Australia, as well as Lord Howe and Norfolk islands. The first hypogean Anillini in Australia (17 species in six genera) were described in 2016 from mineral exploration drill holes in iron-ore bearing rocks of the Pilbara region in Western Australia, representing the first finding of the tribe deep underground in a semi-arid climate region. A further eight new genera and 20 new species are described herein, mostly from the Pilbara region as well as the semi-arid Kimberley and Goldfields regions; all were collected in mineral exploration drill holes. The following new genera are described: , , , , , , , and The following new species are described: ; , ; ; , ; , , , , ; ; ; ; , ; , ; ; and Identification keys are provided for all Australian anilline genera, and Western Australian species. All the described species are known from a single locality and qualify as short-range endemics. The Anillini are recognised as a significant and diverse element making up part of Western Australia's remarkable subterranean fauna, and whose conservation may potentially be impacted by mining developments.
在全球范围内，绝大多数阿尼尼属物种都生活在地下，适应于在土壤和落叶层的间隙中生存，而这些微小的步甲科昆虫极低的迁移能力导致了众多短距离分布的特有物种的出现。直到最近，澳大利亚的阿尼尼属动物群仅在澳大利亚东部和东南部较为湿润的森林地区的雨林和桉树林的落叶层中被发现，以及豪勋爵岛和诺福克岛。2016年，在西澳大利亚皮尔巴拉地区含铁矿石的岩石中的矿产勘探钻孔中描述了澳大利亚的首批地下阿尼尼属物种（六个属中的17个物种），这代表了该部落首次在半干旱气候地区的地下深处被发现。本文描述了另外八个新属和20个新物种，大多数来自皮尔巴拉地区以及半干旱的金伯利和金矿地区；所有这些都是在矿产勘探钻孔中采集到的。描述了以下新属： ， ， ， ， ， ， 和 描述了以下新物种： ； ， ； ； ， ； ， ， ， ， ； ； ； ； ， ； ， ； ；以及 为所有澳大利亚阿尼尼属和西澳大利亚物种提供了鉴定检索表。所有描述的物种都仅在一个地点被发现，属于短距离特有物种。阿尼尼属被认为是构成西澳大利亚非凡地下动物群的一个重要且多样的组成部分，其保护可能会受到采矿开发的潜在影响。
