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1 Suara Serangga Papua, 2014, 8(5) Juli - Desember Recent publications related to Papuan insects Henk van Mastrigt Kelompok Entomologi Papua Kotakpos 1078, Jayapura 99010, INDONESIA entopapua@gmail.com hevamas@gmail.com Suara Serangga Papua 8(5): Abstract: A list of recent publications is presented on Papuan insects, not mentioned before in SUGAPA. Ikhtisar: Daftar publikasi baru mengenai serangga di Papua disajikan, yang belum dapat perhatian di SUGAPA. Keywords: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Phasmida, Odonata, Orthoptera, New Guinea. Introduction SuaraSerangga Papua wil Itryto contribute information on Papuan insects ascomplete as possible. Recent publications which was not paid attention to in SUGAPAbefore are listed here, alphabetically on author per ordo. A main part of the publications are found in the books "Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEWGUINEA"by DmitryTelnov (executive editor) VoL I (2011) and VoL 11 (2014). However, with this list of publications we do not have the intention to be complete. COLEOPTERA Bartolozzi, Luca Fabio Cianferoni & Cinzia Monte /n Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, VoL I: Checklist of the Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Indo-Australian transition zone: 43-58, pis 6-8. Bordoni, Arnaldo /n Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation INWALLACEAand NEW GUINEA,Vol. I:Xantholinini ofthe Australian region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), V. New species collected by Alexander Riedel in Arfak and Cyclops Mts., New Guinea:

2 142 Suara Serangga Papua, 2014, 8(5) Juli - Desember 2014 Bordoni, Arnaldo In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation INWALLACEAand NEW GUINEA,VoL. 11: Xantholinini of the Australian region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), VI.Speciesfrom New Guinea ofthe Lastcollection in the Manchester Museum. New genus, new species and new records: Cassola, Fabio In Telnov. Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I: Studies oftiger Beetles. CXClV.The Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Wallacea and the region of Indo-Australian transitional zone: the present knowiegde: Háva, Ni In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I: Key to species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) recorded from the island of New Guinea: Háva, Jifi In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11: Contribution to the genus Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae): Kalashian, M. Yu.,Vltèzslav Kubán, 2014.ln Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11: New species of Aphanisticus Latreille, 1810 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia and from Australia: , pis Medvedev, Lev N In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11: New species of Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea and islands of South-East Asia: , pl. 35. Nylander, Ulf & Michael Hudson ln Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I: Biodiversity in primary rainforest in Aseki and adjacent highlands in Papua New Guinea, with focus on the insect fauna, especially the Coleoptera (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae): 17-26, pis 1-5. Skale, Andrè, Andreas Weigel In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11: ZurTaxonomie, Synonymie und Faunistik der Apomecynini der asiatisch-australischen Region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) - Revison der Gattung Sybra Pascoe, 1865: Teil 4. Die Arten der Sybra incana-gruppe oh ne Philippinen: , pis Telnov, Dmitry In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I: Taxonomische Revision der Gattung Macratria Newman, 1838 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Macratriinae) aus Wallacea, Neuguinea und den Salomonen: , pis Telnov, Dmitry In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I: New Gilletinus Boucomont, 1932 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae) from Misooi, with the key to known species: , pis

3 Suara Serangga Papua, 2014, 8(5) Juli - Desember Telnov, Dmitry In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11: Taxonomic revision of the genus Sapintus Casey, 1895 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Anthicinae) from the Indo- Australian transition zone, with remarks on some Oriental and Australian taxa: , pis Vitali, Francisco In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I: Notes on the genus Acalolepta Pascoe, 1858 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Indonesian Papua and the Moluccas: , pis Wallin, Henrik, Torstein Kvamme, Ulf Nylander In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, 11: Arevision ofthe genus NemophasThomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), with decsriptions of a new subgenus Pilomophas and a new genus Nemoplophora: , pis Weigel, Andreas & Andrè Skale ln Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I: Systematik, Taxonomie und Faunistik der Apomecynini der orientalischen und australischen Region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Revision der Gattung Sybra Pascoe, 1865 und Anmerkungen zu weiteren Gattungen, Teil 2: , pis Zorn, Carsten In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I:Taxonomic revision of the Anomala cupraseens species group of Sulawesi and the Papuan Region. The species with a bidentate protibia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae): , pis LEPIDOPTERA Braby, Michael F. & Noaomi E. Pierce Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an 'out-of-australia' origin. Systematic Entomology (2007): 32: Brower, Andrew V.Z., Niklas Wahlberg, Joshua R Ogawa, Michael Boppre & RI. Vane-Wright Phylogenic relationships among genera of danaine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as implied by morphology and DNA sequences. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(1): Deslisle,Gilles& Jean-PierreSclavo New individual forms of the genus Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Lambillionea 108(2): de Vos, Rob & Daawia Suhartawan In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I:The Spilosoma group of species from New Guinea and adjacent islands (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini): , pis

4 144 Suara Serangga Papua, 2014, 8(5) Juli - Desember 2014 de Vos, Rob In Telnov. Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation INWALLACEA and NEW GUINEA,Vol. 11:The Monosyntaxis Swinhoe, 1901 complex of sibling species of New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini): , pis Funahashi, Katsuyuki A revision of Delias nais and D. zebra (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) on the island of New Guinea. Trans.lepid. Soc. Japan 60 (4): (March 15,2010). Funahashi, Katsuyuki A taxonomie review of Delias araae species complex s. stro (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) belonging to New Guinea. Leptdoptera Science 63(1): 1-17 (March 2012). Gielis, Cees Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonese 44: Goode, Mark Three new subspecies of Papi/io lorquinianus C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) No. 57: Gorbunov, Oleg G., Alexey N. Zamesov In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, 11:To the knowiegde of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. I. Snouted Tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Aganaidae) of Papua Province, Indonesia: , pis 5-7. Gorbunov, Oleg G., Alexey N. Zamesov In Tel nov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, 11:To the knowiegde of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. 11.Hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Papua Province, Indonesia: , pis Mey, Wolfgang /n Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11:Gerantha peterseni sp. nov. - a new species from Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) found in material ofthe "Kaiserin Auqusta-Fluû-Expedltion": , pl 36. Müller, C. J Six new species of Philiris Röber, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea - ZooKeys 395: 33-55, doi: Müller, C. J., N. Wahlberg & L. B. Beheregaray 'After Africa': the evolutionary history and systematics of the genus Charaxes Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Nympalidae) in the Indo-Pacific Region. Biological Joumal of the Linnean Society 100: Müller, Chris J., Pável F.Matos-Maravi & Luciano B. Beheregaray Delving into Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): fine-scale biogeography, phylogenetics of the wortd's largers butterfly genus. Joumal of Biogeography (J. Biogeogr.) (2012): supporting information.

5 Suara Serangga Papua, 2014, 8(5) Juli - Desember Page, Malcolm P.G.& Colin G. Treadaway Speciation in Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus) and allies (Lepidoptera: Ropalocera: Papilionidae) - Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 6: (30.iv.2013). Pitkin, Linda M., Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera. Zoological Journalof the Linnean Society 150: Rawlins, Andrew, Allen Cassidy, Chris J. Müller, Stefan Schröder & John W.Tennent An illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occuring in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachr. entomol. Ver.Apollo, N.F.35(1/2): Tennent, John W The butterflies described by Bernard D'Abrera in three editions of"butterflies of the Australian Region" (1971, 1977, 1990) (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver.Apollo, N.F.34(4): Yagishita, Akira, W. John Tennent & Chris J. Müller A magnificent new Hypochysops Felder & Felder, 1860, from Yapen island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) No. 64: Zamesov, Alexey N., Oleg G. Gorbunov In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, 11: To the knowledge of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. 111.Tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) of Papua Province, Indonesia: , pis PHASMIDA Broek, Paul D In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11: A new species of leaf insect (Phasmida: Phylliidae) from West Papua, Indonesia: ; pis 2-3. ODONATA Kalkman, Vincent J Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of darnselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae. PhD thesis. Leiden University. 224 pp. Kalkman, Vincent Records of dragonflies from Borme, Star Mountains, Indonesia (Odonata). Entomologische Berichten 68(2): Papua, KalniQs, MärtiQs In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, VOL. 11: Argiolestes zane sp. nov. from New Guinea (Odonata: Argiolestidae): , pis Theischinger, Gunther & Stephan J. Richards Two new species of Hylaeargia Lieftinek from New Guinea (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae).lnternational Dragonfly Fund - Report. Journalof the International Dragonfly Fund. 64: 1-11.

6 146 Suara Serangga Papua, 2014, 8(5) Juli - Desember 2014 ORTHOPTERA Tumbrinck, Josef In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. 11:Taxonomie revision of the Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from the islands of South-East Asia and from Australia, with general remarks to the classification and morphology of the Tetrigidae and the descriptions of new genera and species from New Guinea and New Caledonia: , pis Tumbrinck, Josef Wiemersiella gen. nov.: eine neue Dornschrecken-Gattung von Neuguinea (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae, Batrachideinae). Entomologie heute 26: GENERAL Thomas, William In Telnov, Dmitry: Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation IN WALLACEA and NEW GUINEA, Vol. I:The Forest Stewards: using tradition to conserve New Guinea's Star Mountain wilderness: 7-16.

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