Wolfgang A. Nässig

Wolfgang A. Nässig, German entomologist (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea).

Entomologie II, Forschungsinstitut und Museum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
E-mail: wolfgang. naessig@senckenberg.de

Taxon names authored

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86 taxon names authored by Wolfgang A. Nässig

Publications Edit

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1985 Edit

Nässig, W.A., 1985: Eine bisher unbeschriebene Cricula-Art aus China (Lep.: Saturniidae). Nota Lepidopterologica N.F. 8(2): 184–188. Reference page.

1988 Edit

Nässig, W.A. & Holloway, J.D. 1988. On the systematic position of "Syntherata" loepoides Butler and its allies (Lep., Saturniidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 2(6): 115–127. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Treadaway, C.G. 1988. Bemerkungen über die Loepa–Arten der Philippinen (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 9(3): 159–176. Reference page.

1989 Edit

Nässig, W.A. 1989: Systematisches Verzeichnis der Gattung Solus WATSON, 1913 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 99(23): 337-345. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. 1989a: Systematisches Verzeichnis der Gattung Cricula Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae. Entomologische Zeitschrift 99(13): 181–192 and 99(14): 193-198.. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Holloway, J.D. 1989. A new species of Antheraea from Sumatra, West Malaysia and Borneo (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 2(7): 185–190. Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Lampe, R.E.J. 1989. Neue Erkenntnisse über die Gattung Lemaireia: 2. Eine neue Art der Gattung Lemaireia von Mindanao (Philippinen). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 10(3): 239-250. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A., Lampe, R.E.J. & Kager, S. 1989. A new species of Loepa from Sumatra (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 2(7): 145–152. Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Suhardjono, Y.R. 1989. A new species of the genus Loepa (Saturniidae) from Java. Tinea 12(23): 205–210.Reference page.

1994 Edit

Nässig, W.A. 1994. Vorläufige Anmerkungen zur Saturniiden- und Brahmaeidenfauna von Vietnam mit Neubeschreibungen (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 15(3): 339–358. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

1995 Edit

Holloway, J.D., Nässig, W.A. & Naumann, S. 1995. The Antheraea Hübner (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) of Sulawesi, with descriptions of new species. Part 1: Antheraea (Antheraea) rosemariae n. sp. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 16(2-3): 297–308. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Brechlin, R. 1995. Designation of the lectotype of Actias chapae Mell, 1950 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 16(2-3): 309-310. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 1995. Samia peigleri n. sp., eine neue Saturniide von Sulawesi, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniide). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 16(1): 13-27. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

1996 Edit

Holloway, J.D., Nässig, W.A. & Naumann, S. 1996. The Antheraea Hübner (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) of Sulawesi, with descriptions of new species. Part 2: The species of the frithi–group. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 17(3): 225–258. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. 1996. A new, unexpected species of Lemaireia Nässig & Holloway, 1987 from the South of Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 17(3): 275–282. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

1997 Edit

Nässig, W.A. & Treadaway, C.G. 1997. Neue Saturniiden von den Philippinen (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 17(4): 323–366. PDF. Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Treadaway, C.G. 1997a. Eine neue Unterart aus der selene-Gruppe der Gattung Actias von den Philippinen (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 18(1): 89–100. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Treadaway, C.G. & Nässig, W.A. 1997. Anmerkungen zur larissa-Gruppe und zu Antheraea mindoroensis Brosch & Paukstadt 1996 auf den Philippinen (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 107(5): 173–200. Reference page.

1998 Edit

Nässig, W.A. & Treadaway, C.G. 1998. The Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Supplement 17: 223–424. PDF Reference page.
Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 1998. Two new species of Antheraea (Antheraea) of the helferi–group from Eastern Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 18(4): 319-330. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

1999 Edit

Nässig, W.A,, Brechlin, R. & Naumann, S. 1999: Notes on the Cricula Walker 1855 of Vietnam, with description of a new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Senckenbregiana biologica 78(1/2): 183–192. Reference page.

2000 Edit

Yen, S.H., Nässig, W.A., Naumann, S. & Brechlin, R. 2000. A new species of the miranda–group of the genus Loepa from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 21(3): 153-162. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

2002 Edit

Nässig, W.A. 2002. A hithereto undescribed new species of the genus Antheraea (Antheraea) from the Mentawai Islands off the SW coast of Sumatra (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 22(4): 227–230. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. 2002a. Anmerkungen über Saturnia (Perisomena) caecigena mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart von Zypern (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 23(1-2): 43–48. full article zobodat (PDF).Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Lemaire, C. 2002. Two new Opodiphthera species from Bougainville and Guadalcanal (Solomon archipelago) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 23(3): 97–103. full article zobodat (PDF).Reference page.

2003 Edit

Naumann, S., Brosch, U. & Nässig, W.A. 2003. A catalogue and annotated checklist of the subfamily Agliinae Packard, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). 1. Review of the Aglia species with description of a new taxon from Sichuan, China. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 24(4): 173–182. Full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

2004 Edit

Bouyer, T., Lampe, R.E.J. & Nässig, W.A. 2004. The life history of Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878), with an ecological comparison with P. imperator Rougeot, 1962 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae, Urotini). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 25(1-2): 27-37. Reference page.

2006 Edit

Nässig, W.A. & Wang, M. 2006. First record of the saturniid genus Lemaireia Nässig & Holloway, 1987 from Hainan island (PR China) with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 27(1-2): 23–25. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

2008 Edit

Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Löffler, S. 2008. Notes on the identity of Loepa katinka diversiocellata Bryk, 1944 and description of a new species, with notes on preimaginal morphology and some taxonomic remarks on other species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 29(3): 149–162. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

2009 Edit

Nässig, W.A. & Treadaway, C.G. 2009. The genus Pseudoganisa Schultze, 1910, an endemic to the Philippine islands (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 30(1-2): 83–92.Reference page.
Nässig, W., Ignatyev, N.N. & Witt, T.J. 2009. Two new species of the genus Ganisa Walker, 1855 from Sulawesi and Flores, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Entomofauna 30: 453–464. Online Reference page.

2010 Edit

Nässig, W.A., Kitching, I.J., Peigler, R.S. & Treadaway, C.G. 2010. The group of Cricula elaezia: Comments on synonyms and priority questions, with illustrations of barcode similarity trees, distribution maps, a revised checklist and a formerly unknown female (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 31(3): 145–165. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Nässig, W.A., Naumann, S. & Rougerie, R. 2010. Evidence for the existence of three species in the genus Archaeoattacus (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 43: 37–47. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2010. Revisional notes on the species-group of Saturnia grotei Moore, 1859 of the genus Saturnia Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 31(1-2): 31–62. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2010a. Two species in Saturnia (Rinaca) zuleika Hope, 1843 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 31(3): 127–143. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

2011 Edit

Nässig, W.A. Holloway, J.D. & Beeke, M. 2011. Description of a new species of Eupterote (Eupterote) from Sulawesi (Indonesia) (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 31(4): 197–200. Reference page.
Nässig, W.A. & Treadaway, C.G. 2011. Revisional notes on the luzonica–group of the genus Cricula, with the description of new taxa from Panay and Mindoro (Philippines) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 31(4): 187–196. full article zobodat (PDF).Reference page.

2012 Edit

Naumann, S., Löffler, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2012. Taxonomic notes on the group of Loepa miranda, 2: The subgroup of Loepa damartis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 33(2-3): 87–106. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S., Löffler, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2012a. Revisional notes on the species-group of Saturnia cachara, with description of a new subgenus and a new species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 33 (2-3): 107–128. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Nogueira, G. 2012. Mexicantha oaxacana gen. et sp. n., a new hemileucine moth from Oaxaca, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32(3-4): 117–120. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S. & Peigler, R.S. 2012. A new species of Attacus (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from Selayar Island, Indonesia. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 33(1): 45–48. Reference page.
Rougerie, R., Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2012. Morphology and Molecules Reveal Unexpected Cryptic Diversity in the Enigmatic Genus Sinobirma Bryk, 1944 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). PLoS ONE 7(9): 1–12. full article (PDF). Reference page.

2013 Edit

Nässig, W.A. & Treadaway, C.G.; Löffler, S.; Naumann, S., 2013: New information on the genus Pseudoganisa Schultze, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae): mtDNA barcode indicates two cryptic species on the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 33(4): 159–167. Full article (pdf).Reference page.

2014 Edit

Nässig, W.A., Nogueira G., G. & Naumann, S. 2014: A new species of the genus Hyalophora Duncan, 1841 from Central Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Attacini). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 47: 49–63. Full article (PDF).Reference page.
Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Nogueira, G. 2014. A second new Hyalophora from Mexico: Hyalophora leonis sp. n. from Nuevo León in the Sierra Madre Oriental (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Attacini). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 35(4): 195–205. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.

2015 Edit

Nässig, W.A., Naumann & Oberprieler, R.G. 2015. Notes on the Saturniidae of the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 36(1): 31–38. Full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Naumann, S., Nogueira G., G. & Nässig, W.A. 2015: A new species of the genus "Syssphinx" Hübner, 1819 ("1816") from Jalisco and Colima, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Ceratocampinae). SHILAP revista de lepidopterologia 43(170): 217–227. Full article (PDF).Reference page.

2016 Edit

Nässig, W.A., Naumann, S. & Löffler, S. 2016. Revisional notes on the subgenera Saturnia (Perisomena) and Saturnia (Neoris) stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Part A: Introduction and subgenus Perisomena Es. str.]. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 37(1): 47–64. Reference page.
Naumann, S., Rougerie, R. & Nässig, W.A. 2016. Additional note on the genus Archaeoattacus Watson [in Packard], 1914: Description of a fourth species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae, Attacini). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 37(1): 5–11. Reference page.

2017 Edit

Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Löffler, S. 2017. Some new Asian Saturniidae (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 38(4): 169–180. Reference page.

2020 Edit

Nässig, W.A., Naumann, S. & Giusti, A. 2020. A new species of the species-group of Actias maenas from South India: Actias keralana sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 41: 41-50. Reference page.
Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Rougerie, R. 2020. Tibetanja tagoroides gen. et sp. n., a new genus and species from Tibet (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 41(3-4): 147-153. Reference page.

2021 Edit

Nässig, W.A. & Naumann 2021. Revisional notes on Palirisa lineosa (Walker, 1855) and its closest relatives, with the description of seven new species and the separation of the new genus Mellirisa gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae, Eupterotinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 42(1-2): 51–73. Reference page.