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Species of Iassinae known to occur in eastern Indonesia and New Guinea

Note: In this list, "PNG" is used for the eastern half of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) and "Indonesia (W. Papua)" is used for the western half (formerly known as Irian Jaya, Irian Barat, West Irian and Dutch New Guinea). "New Guinea" refers to the whole island.

 

Tribe Batracomorphini

 

Batracomorphus acestes Knight

Batracomorphus acestes Knight 1983a: 162

New Guinea (New Britain,
New Ireland)

Batracomorphus aeneas Knight

Batracomorphus aeneas Knight 1983a: 145

PNG

Batracomorphus agenor Knight

Batracomorphus agenor Knight 1983a: 142

PNG

Batracomorphus alceus Knight

Batracomorphus alceus Knight 1983a: 165

PNG

Batracomorphus alcides Knight

Batracomorphus alcides Knight 1983a: 180

Indonesia (Sulawesi)

Batracomorphus angustatus (Osborn)

Bythoscopus angustatus Osborn 1934a: 166
Eurinoscopus punctatus Evans 1940: 10
Batracomorphus angustatus (Osborn), Knight 1983a: 51

Known hosts: Medicago sativae (Fabaceae) (Evans 1940), Cassinia, Erigeron (Asteraceae) (Knight 1974)

Indonesia (Timor, Java), 
Malaysia, Samoa, Tonga, 
Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, 
Philippines, Vanuatu

Batracomorphus antenor Knight

Batracomorphus antenor Knight 1983a: 167

New Guinea (New Britain)

Batracomorphus anubis Knight

Batracomorphus anubis Knight 1983a: 80

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus ares Knight

Batracomorphus ares Knight 1983a: 91

PNG

Batracomorphus artemis Knight

Batracomorphus artemis Knight 1983a: 202

PNG

Batracomorphus bacchusi Knight

Batracomorphus bacchusi Knight 1983a: 78

PNG

Batracomorphus boschmai Blöte

Batrachomorphus [sic] boschmai Blöte1964: 467

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus briseis Knight

Batracomorphus briseis Knight 1983a: 202

PNG

Batracomorphus camillus Knight

Batracomorphus camillus Knight 1983a: 86

Indonesia (Sulawesi),
Philippines

Batracomorphus ceres Knight

Batracomorphus ceres Knight 1983a: 144

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus cheesmanae Knight

Batracomorphus cheesmanae Knight 1983a: 99

PNG, New Britain, Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus chryseis Knight

Batracomorphus chryseis Knight 1983a: 81

PNG (New Britain)

Batracomorphus circe Knight

Batracomorphus circe Knight 1983a: 78

PNG

Batracomorphus cossus Knight

Batracomorphus cossus Knight 1983a: 99

PNG

Batracomorphus daedalus Knight

Batracomorphus daedalus Knight 1983a: 88

Indonesia (Sulawesi)

Batracomorphus dardanus Knight

Batracomorphus dardanus Knight 1983a: 144

PNG (New Britain)

Batracomorphus daunus Knight

Batracomorphus daunus Knight 1983a: 137

PNG

Batracomorphus divergens (Schmidt)

Bythoscopus divergens Schmidt 1926a: 253

Note: This species was synonymised with B. indicus (Lethierry) by Jacobi (1941: 303) but the name was regarded as a nomen dubium by Knight 1983a: 205

Indonesia (Buru I.)

Batracomorphus dymas Knight

Batracomorphus dymas Knight 1983a: 191

PNG

Batracomorphus elissa Knight

Batracomorphus elissa Knight 1983a: 92

PNG

Batracomorphus enyo Knight

Batracomorphus enyo Knight 1983a: 204

PNG

Batracomorphus eriphyle Knight

Batracomorphus eriphyle Knight 1983a: 150

PNG

Batracomorphus eryx Knight

Batracomorphus eryx Knight 1983a: 132

PNG, Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus ganymede Knight

Batracomorphus ganymede Knight 1983a: 90

PNG

Batracomorphus geryon Knight

Batracomorphus geryon Knight 1983a: 161

PNG

Batracomorphus harpago Linnavuori

Batracomorphus harpago Linnavuori 1960a: 240

PNG (New Britain,
New Ireland), Vanuatu,
Solomon Islands

Batracomorphus hecuba Knight

Batracomorphus hecuba Knight 1983a: 71

PNG (New Britain)

Batracomorphus hermes Knight

Batracomorphus hermes Knight 1983a: 199

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus indicus (Lethierry)

Macropsis indica Lethierry 1892: 209
Batracomorphus indicus (Lethierry), Jacobi 1944: 47

Indonesia (Lombok, 
Sumbawa, Flores, Krakatau),
Myan Mar,  India,
Sri Lanka, China, Seychelles

Batracomorphus iris Knight

Batracomorphus iris Knight 1983a: 202

PNG

Batracomorphus ixion Knight

Batracomorphus ixion Knight 1983a: 129

PNG (New Britain)

Batracomorphus jove Knight

Batracomorphus jove Knight 1983a: 138

PNG

Batracomorphus laertes Knight

Batracomorphus laertes Knight 1983a: 135

PNG, New Britain

Batracomorphus latinus Knight

Batracomorphus latinus Knight 1983a: 133

PNG (New Britain)

Batracomorphus lavinia Knight

Batracomorphus lavinia Knight 1983a: 170

PNG

Batracomorphus leda Knight

Batracomorphus leda Knight 1983a: 159

PNG

Batracomorphus lentiginosus (Kirkaldy)

Eurinoscopus lentiginosus Kirkaldy 1906: 347
Batrachomorphus [sic] lentiginosus (Kirkaldy), Evans 1966: 206
Batrachomorphus fasciatus Evans 1972b: 655, synonymised by Knight 1983a: 193

PNG,
Australia

Batracomorphus leto Knight

Batracomorphus leto Knight 1983a: 152

PNG

Batracomorphus memnon Knight

Batracomorphus memnon Knight 1983a: 83

PNG

Batracomorphus menelaus Knight

Batracomorphus menelaus Knight 1983a: 172

PNG

Batracomorphus molus Knight

Batracomorphus molus Knight 1983a: 148

PNG, Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus montanus (Evans)

Acojassus montanus Evans 1972b: 656
Batracomorphus montanus (Evans), Knight 1983a: 158

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus nabirensis Evans

Batrachomorphus [sic] nabirensis Evans 1972b: 651

PNG, Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus nervoviridis Evans

Batrachomorphus [sic] nervoviridis Evans 1972b: 651

Note: This species was omitted from Knight's (1983a) revision of the genus since it had features that indicated that it might belong to the genus Thalattoscopus but Knight and Webb's revision of Thalattoscopus placed the species back in Batracomorphus (Knight and Webb 1986: 1080).

PNG,
Australia?

Batracomorphus nitens Blöte

Batrachomorphus [sic] nitens Blöte 1964: 466

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus notulatus Blöte

Batrachomorphus [sic] notulatus Blöte 1964: 469

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus numa Knight

Batracomorphus numa Knight 1983a: 139

PNG

Batracomorphus orestes Knight

Batracomorphus orestes Knight 1983a: 152

Indonesia (W. Papua, Ceram), PNG ( New Britain, Manus I.)
Philippines, Samoa, Australia,

Batracomorphus orithyia Knight

Batracomorphus orithyia Knight 1983a: 167

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus othrys Knight

Batracomorphus othrys Knight 1983a: 173

PNG

Batracomorphus pelops Knight

Batracomorphus pelops Knight 1983a: 106

Indonesia (Sulawesi)

Batracomorphus pictus Blöte

Batrachomorphus [sic] pictus Blöte 1964: 470

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus portunus Knight

Batracomorphus portunus Knight 1983a: 135

PNG

Batracomorphus proteus Knight

Batracomorphus proteus Knight 1983a: 90

PNG

Batracomorphus pustulatus Blöte

Batrachomorphus [sic] pustulatus Blöte 1964: 469

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus pyrrhus Knight

Batracomorphus pyrrhus Knight 1983a: 150

PNG

Batracomorphus remus Knight

Batracomorphus remus Knight 1983a: 192

PNG

Batracomorphus rhea Knight

Batracomorphus rhea Knight 1983a: 137

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus sabinus Knight

Batracomorphus sabinus Knight 1983a: 171

Indonesia (W. Papua, Waigeu I.)

Batracomorphus semele Knight

Batracomorphus semele Knight 1983a: 171

PNG

Batracomorphus tarchon Knight

Batracomorphus tarchon Knight 1983a: 75

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus tarpeia Knight

Batracomorphus tarpeia Knight 1983a: 132

PNG (New Britain)

Batracomorphus tatius Knight

Batracomorphus tatius Knight 1983a: 146

PNG (New Britain, 
New Ireland)

Batracomorphus telemon Knight

Batracomorphus telemon Knight 1983a: 203

PNG

Batracomorphus tenuis Evans

Batrachomorphus [sic] tenuis Evans 1972b: 654

Note: Knight (1983a: 206) regarded this species as a nomen dubium since the type series contains no males.
Known host: Nothofagus (Fagaceae) (Evans 1972b)

PNG

Batracomorphus tereus Knight

Batracomorphus tereus Knight 1983a: 168

Indonesia (W. Papua),
PNG, New Britain

Batracomorphus theseus Knight

Batracomorphus theseus Knight 1983a: 97

PNG

Batracomorphus thestor Knight

Edijassus pallidus Evans 1972b: 657, preoccupied by Eurinoscopus pallidus Evans (1935).
Batracomorphus thestor Knight 1983a: 194, nom. nov. for Edijassus pallidus Evans.

PNG

Batracomorphus thoas Knight

Batracomorphus thoas Knight 1983a: 152

PNG

Batracomorphus torensis Evans

Batrachomorphus [sic] torensis Evans 1972b: 654

Note: Knight (1983a: 206) regarded this species as a nomen dubium since the type series contains no males.

PNG

Batracomorphus turnus Knight

Batracomorphus turnus Knight 1983a: 152

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus virbius Knight

Batracomorphus virbius Knight 1983a: 141

PNG, Indonesia (Ambon, W. Papua)

Batracomorphus viridinervis Blöte

Batrachomorphus [sic] viridinervis Blöte 1964: 466

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Batracomorphus walkeri (Metcalf)

Bythoscopus unicolor Walker 1870: 320, preoccupied by Bythoscopus unicolor (Fitch 1851)
Iassus walkeri Metcalf 1966a: 93, nom. nov. for Bythoscopus unicolor Walker
Batracomorphus walkeri (Metcalf), Knight 1983a: 206

Indonesia (Sulawesi)

Batracomorphus xanthus Knight

Batracomorphus xanthus Knight 1983a: 200

PNG

Batracomorphus zeus Knight

Batracomorphus zeus Knight 1983a: 162

Indonesia (W. Papua), PNG, New Britain, Malaysia (Sabah)

Tribe Iassini

 

Edijassus pallidus Evans

Edijassus pallidus Evans 1972b: 657

PNG

Iassus aequalis (Walker)

Bythoscopus aequalis Walker 1870: 318
Iassus aequalis (Walker), Metcalf 1966a: 44

New Guinea,
Mysol Is.

Tribe Trocnadini

 

Thalattoscopus acutipennis Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus acutipennis Knight and Webb 1986: 1062

PNG

Thalattoscopus angustus Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus angustus Knight and Webb 1986: 1074

PNG

Thalattoscopus bloetella (Evans)

Batrachomorphus [sic] bloetella Evans 1972b: 653
Thalattoscopus bloetella (Evans), Knight and Webb 1986: 1074

PNG

Thalattoscopus blotei (Ghauri)

Batrachomorphus [sic] blotei Ghauri 1964: 638
Thalattoscopus blotei (Ghauri), Knight and Webb 1986: 1064

Known hosts: Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) (Ghauri 1964), Ficus (Moraceae), Gardenia (Rubiaceae), Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) (Knight and Webb 1986)

PNG, Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus brunki (Schmidt)

Marquardtella brunki Schmidt 1930: 125
Jassus leveri Evans 1947d: 257, synonymised by Knight and Webb 1986: 1058
Batrachomorphus [sic] aureus Evans 1972b: 653, synonymised by Knight and Webb 1986: 1058
Batrachomorphus [sic] allopallidus Evans 1972b: 653, synonymised by Knight and Webb 1986: 1058
Thalattoscopus brunki (Schmidt), Knight and Webb 1986: 1058

Indonesia (W. Papua), PNG,
New Britain, New Ireland,
Solomon Islands

Thalattoscopus dryas (Kirkaldy)

Thalattoscopus dryas Kirkaldy 1905a: 334

Note: This species name, based on a female monotype, was regarded as a nomen dubium by Knight and Webb (1986: 1080).

New Guinea (New Britain)

Thalattoscopus evansi Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus evansi Knight and Webb 1986: 1060

PNG, Australia, Indonesia (Seram)

Thalattoscopus krusei (Schmidt)

Marquardtella krusei Schmidt 1930: 124
Batrachomorphus [sic] croceus Evans 1972b: 653, synonymised by Knight and Webb 1986: 1072
Batracomorphus krusei (Schmidt), Knight and Webb 1986: 1072

PNG, Australia, Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus lineatus Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus lineatus Knight and Webb 1986: 1070

PNG

Thalattoscopus longispinus Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus longispinus Knight and Webb 1986: 1078

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus notatus (Blöte)

Batrachomorphus [sic] notatus Blöte 1964: 467
Thalattoscopus notatus (Blöte), Knight and Webb 1986: 1074

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus parvus Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus parvus Knight and Webb 1986: 1076

PNG

Thalattoscopus rex (Blöte)

Batrachomorphus [sic] rex Blöte 1964: 467
Thalattoscopus rex (Blöte), Knight and Webb 1986: 1068

PNG, Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus sinewitensis Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus sinewitensis Knight and Webb 1986: 1060

PNG, New Britain

Thalattoscopus spectabilis Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus spectabilis Knight and Webb 1986: 1077

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus spinosus Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus spinosus Knight & Webb 1986: 1067

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus szentivanyi (Ghauri)

Batrachomorphus [sic] szentivanyi Ghauri 1964: 635
Thalattoscopus szentivanyi (Ghauri), Knight and Webb 1986: 1063

Known hosts: Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) (Ghauri 1964), Dodonaea viscosa (Sapindaceae) (Knight and Webb 1986)
Note: This species is a pest of coffee in the Eastern Highlands of PNG.

PNG

Thalattoscopus testaceus Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus testaceus Knight and Webb 1986: 1078

Indonesia (W. Papua)

Thalattoscopus wauensis Knight & Webb

Thalattoscopus wauensis Knight and Webb 1986: 1066

PNG

Tribe Reuplemmelini

 

Reuplemmeles maculata Evans

Reuplemmeles maculata Evans 1972b: 658

PNG

Siderojassus kaindii Evans

Siderojassus kaindii Evans 1972b: 658

PNG, Indonesia (W. Papua)


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