Swarm of giant stinging ants, Leptogenys chalybaea (Emery, 1887) with a millipede prey (Acanthodesmus sp.) – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1050m ASL Leptogenys chalybaea is an ant species in the subfamily Ponerinae (Formicidae). It was first described in 1887;…
Red-striped black bambootail, Prodasineura verticalis (Selys, 1860) of south Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL. Prodasineura verticalis (Selys, 1860) is a small damselfly (Zygoptera) from the Platycnemididae family. The species was originally described by Edmond de Selys Longchamps in…
Probably an unidentified species of katydid, Mioacris sp. of central Sarawak / Borneo – around 800m ASL. The genus Mioacris was established in 1892 by Pictet & de Saussure and is currently treated as a genus of katydids (family Tettigoniidae),…
Man-faced stink bug, Catacanthus incarnatus – Borneo/Sarawak 700m ASL Catacanthus incarnatus (Drury, 1773) is a species of bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the family Pentatomidae and the tribe Catacanthini. Adult animals reach a body length of about 25–30 mm and are shield-shaped;…
Xenodermine Snake, Java Tubercle Snak or Dragon snake, Xenodermus javanicus REINHARDT, 1836 – of Borneo – around 400m ASL Xenodermus javanicus belongs to the family Xenodermidae and is the type species of the genus Xenodermus (and thus also the type…
Cyriopagopus doriae (Thorell, 1890) of central Sarawak, Borneo – around 400m ASL. Cyriopagopus doriae is a tarantula (family Theraphosidae) from Borneo. The species was originally described as Selenocosmia doriae, later placed by Eugène Simon in the genus Haplopelma, which he…
Necroscia haanii Kirby, 1904 of Sarawak / Borneo around 1200m ASL. Necroscia haanii is a species of stick insect (order Phasmatodea) from Borneo. The name was introduced by Kirby in 1904 as a replacement name: it replaces Phasma (Necroscia) punctatum…
Stick insect, Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 of Sarawak / Borneo around 1200m ASL. Phenacephorus cornucervi was described in 1907 by Karl Brunner von Wattenwyl. The species is reported to occur in Sabah and Sarawak in Borneo; field evidence…
Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) of Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) is a small snake species found in Southeast Asia, including Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak). It’s often found in leaf litter…
Schoenorchis buddleiflora, (Schltr. & J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. 1912 (Kew) – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1010m ASL. Schoenorchis buddleiflora is a species of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It was published by Johannes Jacobus Smith in the journal Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië, volume 72,…