Cat gecko – Aeluroscalabotes felinus Günther, 1864 – of south Sarawak / Borneo – around 200m ASL Aeluroscalabotes felinus Günther, 1864 is named after its habit of curling its tail like a cat when resting. These geckos are very common…
Tag: central Sarawak
Sathrophylliopsis longepilosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) of Sarawak / Borneo, around 900m ASL.
Tympanophyllum atroterminatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) of south Sabah / Borneo
Systella platyptera Haan, 1842 of south Sarawak / Borneo A great example of camouflaged insects is Systella platyptera an Asian species of grasshoppers in the family Trigonopterygidae. Three species of Systella are found in Sarawak / Borneo: Systella sarawakensis Willemse,…
This Borneo moth is infected by a Cordyceps fungus, probably Cordyceps tuberculata(?). The parasitic fungi grow through the host and first form a subiculum, from which aggregate fruiting bodies, so-called stromata, then grow. All Cordyceps species are parasitic on arthropods…
Leaf katydid in situ – Ancyclecha fenestrata (Fabricius, 1793) of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
A sleeping undetermined bee of the Genus Amegilla Friese, 1897, Subgenus: Glossamegilla – from south-Sarawak / Borneo – 640m ASL Amegilla is a genus of the Apidae family within bees. Amegilla includes more than 260 species and is distributed in…
Amorphophallus pendulus Bogn. & Mayo – in situ – south Sarawak / Borneo.
Leaf katydid – Phyllomimus sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
Rhinoceros beetle / Moellenkampi beetle – Chalcosoma moellenkampi Kolbe, 1900 of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL One of the largest beetles in Borneo is Chalcosoma moellenkampi, this species belongs to the rhinoceros beetles. The males use the long…