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Species descriptions 
Limnadopsis birchii (Baird, 1860) 
Figs. 2A, 3, 4A, 5A,B 
Estheria birchii Baird, 1860: 392-393, pi. 72, fig. la-e; 
Grube, 1865: 234 (list); Simon, 1886: 453 (list). 
Limnadopsis squirei Spencer & Hall, 1896: 239-241, pi. 21, 
fig. 15, pi. 22, figs. 16-19; Wolf, 1911: 254 (list); Dakin, 
1914: 295 (list); Henry, 1924: 132 (key). 
Limnadopsis birchii. —Sayce, 1903: 249-250; Wolf, 1911: 
254 (list); Dakin, 1914: 295 (list); Henry, 1924: 121-122 
(list), 132; Brtek, 1997: 58 (list); Richter & Timms, 
2005: 349. 
Limnadiopsis brichii. —Daday, 1925: 177-181, fig. 122 
(misspelling); Novojilov, 1958: 104-105, fig. 13 
(misspelling). 
Types. None designated or available, but some material 
available for L. squirei. 
Remarks on type material. Baird’s (1860) material cannot 
be located, but some of the original material used by Spencer 
& Hall (1896) for their description of L. squirei (reported by 
the authors to comprise six specimens in spirit and over a 100 
dried carapaces) is available. The NMV has four of the dried 
carapaces from central Australia which I regard as syntypes 
(NMV J53349), and also a few specimens in alcohol (NMV 
J54042), but there is uncertainly over the latter’s origin so I 
do not treat them as syntypes. 
Other material. New South Wales: IS , 1 9, NW of Bourke, 
Tredega Station, Lake Muella, 29°31’S 144°53’E, 6.xii.l999, 
B.V. Timms, AM P76800; IS, 12?, NW of Bourke, 
Bloodwood Station, Last Swamp, 29°29'S. 144°49'E, 
6.11. 1999, B.V. Timms, AM P76801; 5 empty carapaces, 130 
km NW of Bourke, Bloodwood Station, 29.6°S 144.9°E, 
26.vi.1999, S. Richter, AM P55649; 4c?, 7$, 11 km N of 
White Cliffs, 30.7°S 143.1°E, no date, A.B. Chislett, AM 
PI 1456, 8c3, 5?, W of Cooma, Coolringdon Station, Fat 
Hen Lake, 36°16’S 148°56’E, 19.iv.1992. B.V. Timms AM 
P76802. Queensland: near Windorah, Carranya Station, 
claypan, 25°18'S 142°12'E, 6.iii. 1977, J. Covacevich, QM 
W7254; near Roma, Suva Station, Bore Hole, 26°21'S 
148°28'E, 6.iii. 1977, J. Covacevich, QM W10953; IS, 
E of Thargomindah, Bindegolly Lake, 28°04'S 144°10'E, 
9.ii.2007, M. Handley, QM W28364; IS, 149, Cunnamulla, 
28.1°S 145.7°E, iii.1947, N. Geary, AM PI 1794; 16 in¬ 
dividuals, near Hungerford, Currawinya National Park, 
between Lakes Yumberarra and South Kaponyee, creek 
pool, 28°53'S 144°20'E, 7.xii.l999, B.V. Timms, QM 
W28365; 4 S, near Hungerford, Currawinya National Park, 
Lake South Kaponyee, 28°52’S 144°20’E, 7.xii.l999, B.V. 
Timms, QM W28366; 23 individuals, near Hungerford, 
Currawinya National Park, “CA” clay pan, 28°52'S 144°20'E, 
3.11. 1998, B.V. Timms, QMW28368; 1 9, SWof Diranbandi, 
Culgoa Floodplain National Park, East Burrenbah Section, 
28°51'S 146°48'E, 14.xii.1999, C. Eddie, QM W28368. 
Northern Territory: IS, 109,3 empty carapaces, Tanami 
Desert Sanctuary, east of Mount Ptilotus, claypan, 20°12'S 
130° 12'E, no date, H. Cogger, AM PI4934. South Australia: 
1(3, 29, N of Oodnadatta, Hamilton Station, 17.iii. 1976, 
Mr Cekic, SAM C6353; N of Oodnadatta, Stevenson Ck, 
no date but earlier than 1897, Prof Spencer, NMV J54042; 
N of Oodnadatta, Macumba Ck, no details, NMV J53361; 
Macumba & Stevenson Cks, Spencer & Hall?, NMV J53995; 
Cameron Corner, cane grass swamp, 22.iv. 1979, M.G. & 
A.H. Corrick, NMV J54001; AS, one indeterminate indi¬ 
vidual, near South Gap homestead, South Gap Creek, i.2007, 
J & K Sanderson, SAM C3652. Western Australia: Upper 
Fig. 3. Limnadopsis birchii (Baird), Bloodwood Station, via Bourke, NSW. Male: (A) carapace; (B) head; (C) telson; (D) antennule; (E) 
a middle flagellomere of second antenna; (F) second clasper. Female: (G) head. For clarity some growth lines of the carapace are incom¬ 
pletely shown anterior to umbo. Scale bars 1 mm. 
