Our Planet Reviewed Papua New Guinea

 

 
 

Our Planet Reviewed Papua New Guinea 2012-2013 is a consortium between
the Natural History Museum of Paris (MNHN) and Brussels (RBINS)
the NGO Pro-Natura International
the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)
l'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
the University of Papua New Guinea

The land module is coordinated by Maurice Leponce (RBINS) and Vojtech Novotny (NGBRC).

Publications

Robillard, T., Legendre, F., Villemant, C., & Leponce, M. (2016) Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Vol. 209, 573 pages: More information (order, pdfs...).

144 new species, 6 new genera

Upcoming vol.2 (2020): 118 new species, 3 new genera

 

1. Belokobylskij, S.A. (2016). A new Australasian doryctine genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 275-284. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
2. Belokobylskij, S.A. & Villemant, C. (2016) A new genus of the tribe Pambolini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Exothecinae) from the Papua New Guinea with a key to the World genera. Zootaxa, 4098, 383-391.
3. Bickel, D.J. & Martin, J. (2016). The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from high elevation Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 83-116. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
4. Braet, Y. (2016). New species and new records of Betylobraconinae, Braconinae, Cheloninae, Helconinae and Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 407-450. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
5. Butcher, B.A. & Quicke, D.L. (2014) Three new species of Kerevata (Braconidae: Rogadinae: Clinocentrini) from mainland Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 338-46.
6. Colinet, C., Exbrayat, M., Robillard, T., & Legendre, F. (2016). Species richness and composition in cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) along an elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 129-140. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
7. Colwell, R.K. (2016). Preface. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 9-10. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
8. Colwell, R.K., Gotelli, N.J., Ashton, L.A., Beck, J., Brehm, G., Fayle, T.M., Fiedler, K., Forister, M.L., Kessler, M., Kitching, R.L., Klimes, P., Kluge, J., Longino, J.T., Maunsell, S.C., McCain, C.M., Moses, J., Noben, S., Sam, K., Sam, L., Shapiro, A.M., Wang, X., & Novotny, V. (2016) Midpoint attractors and species richness: Modelling the interaction between environmental drivers and geometric constraints. Ecol Lett, 19, 1009-22.
9. Curletti, G. (2017a) Supplement to the Contribution to the Genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera Buprestidae) based on the expedition "Our Planet Reviewed" in Papua New Guinea. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 14, 651-654.
10. Curletti, G. (2017b) Updates on the Agrilofauna of Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 14, 691-696.
11. Dong, J. & Robillard, T. (2016). The Cardiodactylus crickets from Eastern New Guinea, with descriptions of five new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae). In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 203-258. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
12. Duvot, G. (2013) Etude de la répartition altitudinale des Hyménoptères sur le mont Wilhelm en Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée.Master 1 report, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
13. Fernandez-Triana, J. & Boudreault, C. (2018) Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 64, 25-140.
14. Gnezdilov, V.M., Cesne, M.L., Soulier-Perkins, A., & Bourgoin, T. (2015) New Guinean Issidae: description of new taxa in a poorly known island fauna (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea). Zootaxa, 3904, 82.
15. Guglielmino, A. & Olmi, M. (2016). Revision of the genus Neodryinus Perkins, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea: Dryinidae) from the Australasian region, with description of a new species from Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 337-354. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
16. Huber, J.T. (2016). Mymaridae of Papua New Guinea, with description of two new species of Nepolynema (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 321-336. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
17. Kervran, D.D. & Faugère, E. (2015) “La Planète Revisitée”. Fabriquer un nouveau mode d’inventaires globaux? Études rurales, 195, 145-162.
18. Khalaim, A.I. & Villemant, C. (2019) Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Papua New Guinea: Genera Allophrys Förster and Probles Förster. Zootaxa, 4544, 235-250.
19. Klimes, P., Borovanska, M., Plowman, N.S., & Leponce, M. (2018) How common is trophobiosis with hoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) inside ant nests (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? Novel interactions from New Guinea and a worldwide overview. Myrmecological News, 26, 31-45.
20. Kurina, O., Hippa, H., & de Souza Amorim, D. (2019) Notes on manota williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea, with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4555, 385-395.
21. Kvifte, G.M. & Bernal, X.E. (2018) A new species of frog-biting midge from Papua New Guinea with a key to the described Corethrellidae of the Australopapuan region (Diptera, Corethrellidae, Corethrella). ZooKeys, 2018, 39-48.
22. Le Cesne, M., Wilson, S.W., & Soulier-Perkins, A. (2015) Elevational gradient of Hemiptera (Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha) on a tropical mountain in Papua New Guinea. PeerJ, 3, e978.
23. Maddison, W.P. & Szuts, T. (2019) Myrmarachnine jumping spiders of the new subtribe Levieina from Papua New Guinea (Araneae, Salticidae, Myrmarachnini). Zookeys, 842, 85-112.
24. Mitroiu, M.-D. (2016). Pireninae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of Papua New Guinea: key to genera and description of new taxa. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 307-320. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
25. Moses, J. (2014) A Tropical Elevational Gradient in Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Diversity Patterns, Food Preferences and Nutrient Redistribution Rates on Mt Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. MSc Thesis.Master thesis, University of Papua New Guinea.
26. Mugrabi, D.F. & Azevedo, C.O. (2016). Description of 91 new species of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from New Guinea Island and surrounded areas. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 451-564. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
27. Olmi, M. & Guglielmino, A. (2016). Description of three new species of Anteon Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea: Dryinidae) from Papua New Guinea, with a checklist of the species from New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 355-374. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
28. Olmi, M., Marletta, A., & Guglielmino, A. (2016). Description of a new species of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Papua New Guinea, with a revision of the Australasian species. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 285-306. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
29. Orivel, J., Klimes, P., Novotny, V., & Leponce, M. (2018) Resource use and food preferences in understory ant communities along a complete elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea. Biotropica, 641-648.
30. Plowman, N.S., Hood, A.S., Moses, J., Redmond, C., Novotny, V., Klimes, P., & Fayle, T.M. (2017) Network reorganization and breakdown of an ant-plant protection mutualism with elevation. Proc Biol Sci, 284.
31. Quicke, D.L.J. & Butcher, B.A. (2016). A new species of Canalirogas van Achterberg & Chen, 1996 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 265-274. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
32. Robillard, T., Dong, J., Legendre, F., & Agauvoa, S. (2016). The brachypterous Lebinthini crickets from Papua New Guinea, with description of two new genera and four new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae). In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 149-202. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
33. Santos, B.F., Alvarado, M., Sääksjärvi, I.E., van Noort, S., Villemant, C., & Brady, S.G. (2018) Molecular phylogeny of Ateleutinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): systematics and biogeography of a widespread parasitoid wasp lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 185, 1057-1078.
34. Smith, D.R. (2016). A new species of Aulacus Jurine (Hymenoptera, Aulacidae) from Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 203-258. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
35. Soldati, L., Condamine, F.L., Clamens, A.-L., Mogia, M., & Kergoat, G.J. (2016). The Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Mount Wilhelm and Wanang, with description of a new species and a preliminary phylogeny of Stenochiinae. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 49-82. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
36. Soulier-Perkins, A. & Cesne, M.L. (2016). A new Papuan cercopid genus (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cercopidae) and checklist of the species found on the island of New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 117-128. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
37. Szawaryn, K. (2018) Missing geographic link: Minute lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Microweiseinae) from Mount Wilhelm, New Guinea. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 58, 227-236.
38. Tan, M.K., Yu, S., Storozhenko, & Robillard, T. (2016). A new species of the genus Gestroana (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) from New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 141-148. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
39. Vargas, J.M. & Azevedo, C.O. (2016). Discovery of the male of Galodoxa Nagy (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), with emended generic diagnosis. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 393-407. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
40. Vicente, N.M., Olivero, P., Lafond, A., Dong, J., & Robillard, T. (2015) Gnominthus gen. nov., a new genus of crickets endemic to Papua New Guinea with novel acoustic and behavioral diversity (Insecta, Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 258, 82-91.
41. Villemant, C., Jingxian, L., & Rousse, P. (2016). Deep into the head of a remarkable new genus of Orthocentrinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the highest peak of Papua New Guinea. In Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea (ed. by T. Robillard, F. Legendre, C. Villemant & M. Leponce), Vol. 209, pp. 375-392. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
42. Bickel, D.J. (2019) The Amblypsilopus amnoni and megastoma groups in New Guinea (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae). Israel Journal of Entomology, 49, 195-214.  http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3522860 with a new species dedicated to all the IBISCA participants: Amblypsilopus ibiscorum ( see p. 208)
43. Chatelain, P., Le Cesne, M., Elias, M., Guilbert, E., & Soulier-Perkins, A. (2019) Elevational filtering and the evolution of planthoppers (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) in Papua New Guinea. Biotropica.

Scientific meetings

Joint BES/gtö Symposium – Unifying Tropical Ecology: Strengthening collaborative science #UTE2019 Talks in session "Tropical mountains: ecological trends across elevation"

European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Paris, 26-29 March. Several talks related to the project in sessions S15 (altitudinal gradients) & S17 (manipulations of tropical food webs).

European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Brussels 6-10 Feb. 2017, session 7 "Complete Altitudinal Rainforest Transects in the tropics", 

ATBC symposium, Cairns, July 2014

Media outreach

Desmier, X. (2016) Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, la Planète Revisitée. Terre Sauvage, Vol. 336, pp. 61-66.

 

 

 

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