Pictorial Catalogue of
INSECTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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Antplant
Oecophylla smaragdina
Oecophylla
smaragdina seizing a beetle
Oecophylla smaragdina nest
construction
Birdwing hybrid
Ornithoptera alexandrae
Ornithoptera chimaera
Ornithoptera goliath
Ornithoptera meridionalis
Ornithoptera paradisae
Ornithoptera priamus admiraliatis
Ornithoptera priamus bornemanii
Ornithoptera priamus caelestis
Ornithoptera priamus demorphanes
Ornithoptera priamus poseidon
Ornithoptera priamus urvillanus
Ornithoptera victoriae
Troides oblongomaculatus
Troides oblongomaculatus
Caterpillar and Pupa
Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs (Pentatomidae) | Catacanthus nigripes ?Oechalia sp. 1 ?Oechalia sp. 2 |
Squash Bugs (Coreidae) | Coreidae sp. Leptoglossus australis Mictis ambionensis Mictis boinensis Mictis limbativentris Mictis profana Mictis sp. 5 Pternistria macromera Pternistria sp. |
Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) | Vilitra affinis |
Tessaratomidae | Oncomeris sp. 1 Oncomeris sp. 2 Tessaratomidae sp. 1. Tessaratomidae sp. 2 |
Jewel Bugs (Scutelleridae) | Calliphara spp. Scutelleridae sp. Tectocoris sp. |
Water Bugs (Belostomatidae) | Lethocerus insulanus |
Flat Bugs (Aradidae) | ?Aradidae sp. |
Water Scorpions (Nepidae) | Laccotrephes tristis |
Pyrrhocoridae | Dindymus pyrochrous Physopelta sp. |
Baeturia sp.
Sawda sp.
Sawda sp. exuvia of last nstar
nymph and ventral view of adult
Crickets (Gryllidae) | Teleogryllus sp. |
Gryllacrididae | Gryllacrididae |
Mole Crickets (Gryllotalpidae) | Gryllotalpa sp. |
Blattodea sp. 1
Blattodea sp. 2
Blattodea sp. 3
Blattodea sp. 4
Blattodea sp. 5
Blattodea sp. 6
Periplaneta americanus
Platyzosteria sp.
Salganea papua
Odonata sp. 1
Odonata sp. 2
Odonata sp. 3
Odonata sp. 4
Antlered Fly
Achias spp.
Diptera sp. 1
Formosia glorificans
Laglaizia spp.
Laphria sp. 1
Laphria sp. 2
Ligyra doryca
Ligyra satyrus
Machimus sp.
Maira sp. 1
Maira sp. 2
Nemestrinus sp.
Paramenia ?divitiosa (Walker)
Paramenia macularis (Walker)
?Philonicus sp.
Phytalmia alcicornis Saunders
Phytalmia antilocapra McAlpine
& Schneider
Phytalmia cervicornis
Gestaecker
Phytalmia robertsi Schneider
Phytalmia sp.
Platytropesa ?simulans
Promachus sp. 1
Promachus sp. 2
Stalk-eyed Flies
Tabanus aurivittatus
Tabanus denticulatus
Shorthorn Grasshoppers (Acrididae) | Acrididae sp. 1 Acrididae sp. 2 Austracis guttulosa Valanga sp. Valanga irregularis |
Longhorn Grasshoppers (Tettigoniidae) | Mastigaphoides sp. Siliquofera grandis Tettigoniidae sp. 1 |
Pyrgomorphidae | Atractomorpha
crenaticeps Pyrgomorphidae sp. 1 Pyrgomorphidae sp. 2 Stenoxyphus aurantiacus |
Baeturia sp.
Birdantis obscura var. distanti
cicadas
Desudaba aulica
Fulgoroidae spp.
Homoptera sp.
Ibiceps ansatus
Leptataspis discolor
Peggioga formosa
Ricania sp.
Ricania villica
Sawda sp.
Tarundia glaucescenus
Ortholepidocoleopterus giamanii
moth collection using a light trap
praying mantis eating a grasshopper
Hierodula sp.
Orthodera sp.
- spiders & spiderlike animals-
camouflaged Spider
Jumping Spider 1
Jumping Spider 2
Nephila maculata
Nephila maculata underside
Nephila maculata seizing the
Uraniidae moth Lyssa patroclus
Pseudoscorpion
Scorpions
Selencosmis crassipes
Spider sp. 1
Spider sp. 2
Spider sp. 3
Spider sp. 4
Leaf Insects (Phyllidae) | Phyllidae sp. 1 Phyllium spp. |
Stick Insects, Walking Sticks (Phasmatidae) | Eurycantha horrida Eurycantha sp. Eurycnema goliath Extatosoma sp. 1 Extatosoma sp. 2 Phasma gigas Sasima sp. Stick Insect sp. 1 Stick Insect sp. 2 |
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© John W. Dobunaba & Michael F. Schneider, 1999