Recently released relevant books and essential standard identification guides are listed below. Publications in magazines will not be mentioned here, because they are too numerous. These you will find in the literature lists dealing with the species.

All publications are present in important entomological libraries, like the library of the Dutch Entomological Society (NEV) in Amsterdam and the library of the Natural History Museum in London.

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General

 

 

Suara Serangga Papua (Sugapa), Informasi Entomologi

[Workgroup Insects of Papua]

Henk van Mastrigt ed. (2006 >) ISSN 1978-9807

It started as a newsletter from the Workgroup Insects of Papua and since 2008 it is has an ISSN status (see below). With contributions on surveys by biology students and teachers of the University of Cenderawasih, Papua Indonesia. The language is in Bahasa Indonesia only. For translated abstracts of the text click here.

1st edition: July-September 2006
2nd edition: October-December 2006
3rd edition: January-March 2007
4th edition: April-June 2007
5th edition: July-September 2007
6th edition: October-December 2007
7th edition: January-March 2008
8th edition: April-June 2008

 

Published privately. Information and (re)prints orders to:

Redaksi Suara Serangga Papua
Henk van Mastrigt
Kotakpos 1078
Jayapura 99010
Papua, Indonesia
e-mail: entopapua@yahoo.com.au

This newsletter is from July 2008 continued as an entomological magazine:

SUGAPA (Suara Serangga Papua)

Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA), "Voice of Papuan Insects", is a non-profit journal usually published in four parts annually by the Kelompok Entomologi Papua (KEP) and is devoted to the entomology of Papua, the western part of New Guinea, including its surrounding islands. Articles are accepted from amateur and professional entomologists and must be in English (to which an Indonesian translation of the English abstract will be added) or (to a maximum of 25% of the journal) in Indonesian, with a comprehensive English abstract. Although the editors will consult renowned specialists of relevant insect groups, the authors are fully responsible for the content of their publications.

Editorial Board:

Dr. Alberto Zilli (Museo Civico di Zoologia, Rome, Italy)
Dra. Daawia, M.Sc. (dept. Biology, faculty of Mathematics, UNCEN, Jayapura, Indonesia)
Darren Bito, M.Sc. (New Guinea Binatang Research Centre, Madang, PNG)
Dr. Djunijanti Peggie, M.Sc. (Zoology Division, Research Centre for Biology, LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia)
Henk van Mastrigt (KEP, Jayapura, Indonesia)

Administrations/Subscriptions:

Rinto H. Mambrasar, S.Si.
Kotakpos 1078
Jayapura 99010
Papua, Indonesia
e-mail: entopapua@yahoo.com.au

Download your subscription form now! (return by postal mail or as attachment with e-mail)

 

 

Subscriptions should be paid in advance to:

Outside Indonesia:
Postbank, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Account number 0184194 (in Euro’s)
H.J.G. van Mastrigt

Indonesia:
Bank Mandiri, Jayapura
Account number 154-0000000624 (in IDR)
Henk van Mastrigt

Subscription fee p.a.:
in Indonesia Rp 200.000 (private) or Rp 300.000 (institutions)
in ASEAN Rp 250.000 (private) or Rp 350.000 (institutions)
other countries € 25,00 (private) or € 40,00 (institutions)

Subscriptions in exchange will only be accepted for journals which regularly publish entomological articles on Papua and adjacent areas.

For more information for subscription or authors click here.

 

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The Ecology of Papua (The Ecology of Indonesia Series, Volume VI)

Andrew J. Marshall & Bruce M. Beehler (2007)

A very comprehensive work on the ecology of Papua in a most wide perspective. A lot of detailed information on various subjects which directly or indirectly are related to the invironment and ecology of New Guinea in general and Papua in particular. Part one deals with subjects like the history of New Guinea, geology, geography, climate, biogeography (with some examples), palaeontology, flora and fauna. Part two deals with natural ecosystems, the interaction between humans and the ecosystems, and finally but not least, nature conservation.

Part one: pages 1-749, many b&w pictures, Part two: pages 750-1467, many b&w and 72 colour pictures.

 

 

 

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Lepidoptera

 

The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology

M. Parsons (1998)

736 pp., 136 colour plates, 26 bw plates with genitalia

Academic Press, San Diego, London, Boston, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto. ISBN: 0-12-545555-0

A very comprehensive work on all butterflies of Papua New Guinea with attention to the species of Papua Indonesia and surrounding areas. Very complete, but unfortunately without distribution maps. Distribution patterns for Papua species have to be taken out of the text and are in many cases not mentioned or incomplete. Nevertheless it is the best work that ever appeared on this subject.

 

 

 

 

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The Moths of Borneo

J.D. Holloway

A magnifiscent series of books on the faunistics and systematics of moths of Borneo, with much information on species and genera of adjacent areas, including many from New Guinea. Many new species described. Essential to recognize family groups, genera and species. Every volume includes many colour plates with moths and black-and-white plates with genitalia.

Part 1 (1986): Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Ratardidae, Dudgeoneidae, Epipyropidae, Limacodidae (165 pp., 9 colour plates, 259 bw genital pictures)

Part 2 (not released yet): Zygaenidae

Part 3 (1987): Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae (199 pp., 20 colour plates, 163 bw genital pictures)

Part 4 (1983): Notodontidae (106 pp., 9 colour plates, 98 bw genital pictures)

Part 5 (1999): Lymantriidae (188 pp., 12 colour plates, 396 bw genital pictures)

Part 6 (1988): Arctiidae, Syntominae, Euchromiinae, Arctiinae, Aganainae (to Noctuidae) (101 pp., 6 colour plates, 168 bw genital pictures)

Part 7 (2001): Arctiidae, Lithosiinae (486 pp., 8 colour plates, 450 bw genital pictures)

Part 8 (1998): Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae (155 pp., 10 colour plates, 317 bw genital pictures)

Part 9 (1996): Geometridae (incl. Orthostixini), Oenochrominae, Desmobathrinae, Geometrinae, Ennominae addenda (326 pp., 12 colour plates, 427 bw genital pictures)

Part 10 (1997): Geometridae, Sterrhinae, Larentiinae, Addenda to other subfamilies (242 pp., 12 colour plates, 608 bw genital pictures)

Part 11 (1993): Geometridae, Ennominae (309 pp., 19 colour plates, 593 bw genital pictures)

Part 12 (1989): Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae (226 pp., 8 colour plates, 404 bw genital pictures)

Part 13 (2009): Noctuidae, Pantheinae, Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Aediinae, Eustrotiinae, Bryophilinae, Araeopteroninae, Aventiinae, Eublemminae, miscellaneous (240 pp., 10 colour plates, 409 bw genital pictures)

Part 14 (1985): Noctuidae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae (317 pp., 8 colour plates, 339 bw genital pictures)

Part 15 & 16 (2005): Noctuidae, Catocalinae (529 pp., 28 colour plates, 983 bw genital pictures)

Part 17 (2008): Noctuidae, Rivulinae, Phytometrinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae (268 pp., 9 colour plates, 510 bw genital pictures)

Part 18 (2003): Nolidae (279 pp., 10 colour plates, 611 bw genital pictures)

 

 

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A field guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia

G.S. Robinson, K.R. Tuck & M. Shaffer (1994)

308 pp., 32 colour plates, bw figures of some examples of heads of microlepidoptera
Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur; Natural History Museum, London
ISBN: 983-9681-13-3

A very practical handbook for identifying families and species groups of microlepidoptera of Southeast Asia, with many references to New Guinea. A selection is made of the most common, beautiful or striking species from this region. Therefore it is possible to identify many species from the plates or at least find the family or genus where they belong to. A must for every microlepidopterist studying the Indo-Australian region.

 

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The families of Malesian moths and butterflies

J.D. Holloway, G. Kibby & D. Peggie (2001)

455 pp., 8 colour plates, many bw text figures and pictures
Brill, Leiden, Boston, Köln
ISBN: 90 04 11846-2

A magnifiscent book with all the Lepidoptera families of the world mentioned and described. This is the most actualized complete Lepidoptera family list of the world at the moment.
Apart from illustrations of examples of larvae and genitalia, there is a key to the families. The large reference list is very useful for further study of the families.

Many references to New Guinea families, very practical for the study of Lepidoptera in general.

 

 

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Buku Panduan Lapangan Kupu-kupu. Untuk Wilayah Mamberamo Sampai Pegunungan Cyclops
[Field guide to the butterflies of Mamberamo to the Cyclops Mountains]

H. van Mastrigt & E. Rosariyanto (2005)

146 pp., 52 colour plates
Conservation International, Jakarta
ISBN: 979-99273-0-7

A comprehensive book about the butterflies (Rhopalocera) of the area around Jayapura, including the eastern part of Mamberamo and the Cyclop Mountains (Papua Indonesia, New Guinea). The pictures are of high quality. It is, however, very unfortunate that the book contains no English text at all, but is nevertheless very usefull for identifying by the pictures and the scientific names. For detailed faunistic and biologic information one should translate the Bahasa Indonesia.

About the only book on Lepidoptera of Papua Indonesia.

 

 

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Illustrated and annotated catalogue of the genus Milionia and allied genera (Geometridae, Ennominae)

H. Inoue (2005)

27 pp., 36 colour plates, 13 black-and-white plates
Tinea, Vol. 18, Supplement 2
ISSN: 0493-3168

An overview of the Milionia species with descriptions of new related genera, species and subspecies. The colourful plates of the habitus and the b & w genital plates are very practical to identify the species.

Many species occur in Papua.

 

 

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Psocoptera

 

The Psocoptera of tropical South-east Asia

T.R. New & C. Lienhard (2007)

290 pp., many bw text figures
Brill, Leiden, Boston
ISBN: 10 90 04 14902 / 13 978 90 04 14902

A comprehensive work on all Psocoptera of tropical Southeast Asia, including those from New Guinea. With identification keys on the higher taxonomic levels to genera and a long checklist of all species with their distribution. The long and probably rather complete reference list is also very useful for further information.