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by Cabintom
Fri Mar 21, 2025 8:08 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Moving/ downsizing, donating collection, books, getting old
Replies: 80
Views: 22613

Re: Moving/ downsizing, donating collection, books, getting old

About a month ago I had to urgently relocate away from Bunia. I was able to charter a Cessna Caravan out, but it was filled with our team members and other colleagues, so non-essential belongings were left behind. My collection sits there as we wait to see what will happen .

Fortunately(?), when ...
by Cabintom
Wed Feb 12, 2025 1:06 pm
Forum: Insect identification
Topic: Saturniidae: Nudaurelia/Gonimbrasia
Replies: 4
Views: 459

Re: Saturniidae: Nudaurelia/Gonimbrasia

Thanks! That seems right.
https://www.afromoths.net/species/28613

Edit: Anyone know what the correct nomenclature is for the species?
by Cabintom
Tue Feb 11, 2025 1:54 pm
Forum: Insect identification
Topic: Saturniidae: Nudaurelia/Gonimbrasia
Replies: 4
Views: 459

Saturniidae: Nudaurelia/Gonimbrasia

Can someone ID this species?

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by Cabintom
Sun Dec 29, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Malaise traps?
Replies: 5
Views: 653

Malaise traps?

I'm curious if anyone here has had experience collecting Leps using malaise traps?
How practical are they? Ease of use? Portability? Do they work without a killing chamber? Would ants be a problem in the tropics?

Article I just read, in which different designs were tested: https://link.springer ...
by Cabintom
Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: How Genetic studies reveal new relationships, species
Replies: 40
Views: 35905

Re: How Genetic studies reveal new relationships, species

I think that if a subspecies is now recognized as a species, any "forms" that then merit being raised to subspecies level can be done so while adhering to the ICZN code. Depending on how they were described, some of those "forms" can have their status revised (pulled out of synonymy, stat. rev. or ...
by Cabintom
Thu Nov 28, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: New paper on Leptocircini (Papilionidae)
Replies: 7
Views: 1393

Re: New paper on Leptocircini (Papilionidae)

No changes within Arisbe eh? Someone needs to take the plunge and invalidate G. abri. :)
by Cabintom
Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Riodinidae of West Papua
Replies: 4
Views: 1727

Re: Riodinidae of West Papua

Similarly, there are some pretty stunning Lycaenids in this paper (this time from Papua New Guinea).
by Cabintom
Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Riodinidae of West Papua
Replies: 4
Views: 1727

Riodinidae of West Papua

Today I received a Google Scholar alert linking to this 49 page publication on the Riodinidae of West Papua. Not my geographic area of study, but it is interesting to see plates of species which I've never seen before.
by Cabintom
Thu Nov 07, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Euphaedra sp. (I.D.) requested
Replies: 9
Views: 3975

Re: Euphaedra sp. (I.D.) requested

1. Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) sp. (cf. asteria/sangbae)
2. Euphaedra (Medoniana) medon
3. Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) ceres
4. Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) phaethusa
by Cabintom
Thu Nov 07, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: some assembly required
Replies: 8
Views: 3183

Re: some assembly required

Really informative. I'm still not sure why, but I tend to have this problem with Graphium specimens more so than any others. I've tossed several nice specimens because they've just fallen apart.
It'd be good to know if there's anything specifically special about "insect glue". Hopefully I can drum ...
by Cabintom
Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:05 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Euphaedra sp. (I.D.) requested
Replies: 9
Views: 3975

Re: Euphaedra sp. (I.D.) requested

Trehopr, I was being serious. Post the ventral surfaces and I'll do what I can to ID these.
The 3rd specimen could do with more data than just a date though. Is there something written on the back of that slip of paper?
by Cabintom
Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:33 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: WSJ Article re African Leps
Replies: 9
Views: 3044

Re: WSJ Article re African Leps

Chuck wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 12:19 am God knows what important future discoveries they'd leave behind.
Exactly. The collection contains a surprising number of undescribed species. Steve's also been actively trying to recruit folks to take interest in describing the things.
by Cabintom
Sun Nov 03, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: WSJ Article re African Leps
Replies: 9
Views: 3044

Re: WSJ Article re African Leps

Steve's research collection is likely the most comprehensive collection of African butterflies in the world. It contains many holotypes and many examples of species only found in his collection and one or two others. His library is also excellent. His (and the collection's) contributions to ...
by Cabintom
Mon Oct 28, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Euphaedra sp. (I.D.) requested
Replies: 9
Views: 3975

Re: Euphaedra sp. (I.D.) requested

Ventral surfaces. Give me some ventral surfaces! :)
by Cabintom
Sat Oct 26, 2024 7:04 am
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
Replies: 194
Views: 680694

Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II


Now, when do we get an update from you????


I wish I had update worthy things to say! I was in Canada from December through August, so no new adventures in the recent past and I probably won't get a chance to do any real collecting until January next year. I am still working on a paper in which ...
by Cabintom
Tue Oct 22, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
Replies: 194
Views: 680694

Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II

Just came across this paper: "Determination of a New Spring-flying Species of the Pterourus glaucus Complex (Papilionidae) in Southern New England" https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/view ... ext=taxrpt
by Cabintom
Mon Oct 14, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Japanese collectors habits
Replies: 34
Views: 16033

Re: Japanese collectors habits


Low heat: This is a form of 100% control and killing of psocids and dermestids in insect storage which I personally developed and successively used for the past 50+ years. YES, it absolutely works. And I have exposed this method to hundreds of thousands of papered duplicate insect specimens - it ...
by Cabintom
Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Outsized/Oversized specimens + species
Replies: 18
Views: 8789

Re: Outsized/Oversized specimens + species

I always assumed underfed larva = smaller adult.
by Cabintom
Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:04 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Proper citation for Hewitson's "Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies"
Replies: 4
Views: 3089

Re: Proper citation for Hewitson's "Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies"

Thanks Adam. Yeah, I had consulted Funet. I'm wondering how that 1866 date was arrived at. There must be some reasoning why it's that and not some year between 1872 & 1876.
Also wondering if it should be (Hewitson, 1866) or (Hewitson, [1866])?