Wolfgang A. Nässig

Wolfgang A. Nässig, German entomologist (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea). (*1955-03-04—†2025-05-06)

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

• • Archived website including many pdf

Taxon names authored

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• 97 taxon names authored by Wolfgang A. Nässig

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1985

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

1988

• 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

• Nässig, W.A. 1989. Systematisches Verzeichnis der Gattung Solus Watson, 1913 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 99(23): 337-345. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nässig, W.A. 1989. Systematisches Verzeichnis der Gattung Cricula Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae. Entomologische Zeitschrift 99(13): 181–192 / 99(14): 193–198. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nässig, W.A. 1989. A new species of the genus Eupterote Hübner [1822] from Sumatra (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 2(7): 169–174. Archive 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

• 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

• 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. 
• Nässig, W.A. 1995. Revisional notes on Philippine Eupterotidae: Sarmalia Walker 1866 another new synonym of Eupterote Hübner, [1822] (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 14(Supp): 119–124. Reference page. 

1996

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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. 
• Nässig, W.A. 2000. A new and remarkable species of Eupterote from the mountains of West Sumatra (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 12(2): 67–77. Archive. Reference page. 

2002

• 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

• 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. 
• Oberprieler, R.G., Nässig, W.A. & Edwards, E.D. 2003. Ebbepterote, a new genus for the Australian Eupterote expansa (T. P. Lucas), with a revised classification of the family Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 99–110. DOI: 10.1071/IS02028 Reference page. 

2004

• 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

• 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. 

2007

• Nässig, W.A & Speidel W. 2007. On the authorships of the Lepidoptera Atlas of the “Reise der Novara”, with a list of the taxa of Bombycoidea [s.l.] therein described (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 87(1): 63–74. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Nässig, W.A. & Schulze, C.H. 2007 A second species with diurnal males of the genus Eupterote from Indonesia: Eupterote (Eupterote) splendens sp. n. from Sulawesi (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Eupterotidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 87(2): 189–194. Abstract Reference page. 

2008

• 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. 
• Nässig, W.A. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2008. An annotated catalogue of the genera of Eupterotidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88(1): 53–80. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2009

• 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

• Nässig, W.A. & Bouyer, T., 2010. A new Pseudojana species from Flores, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 30(4): 205–208. Archive Reference page. 
• 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

• 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. Zobodat (PDF).Reference page. 

2012

• 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. PDF 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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. PDF. 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

• Nässig, W.A. & Naumann, S. 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. 

2022

• Nässig, W.A. & Naumann, S. 2022. Hampsonjana gen. n., a new genus of Eupterotidae (subfamily Eupterotinae) from South and Southeast Asia. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 43: 71-81. Reference page. 
• Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2022. Revisional notes on the genus Tagora Walker, 1855, stat. rev. as genus, with description of 18 new species (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae, Eupterotinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. Supp. 21: 1-63. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2023

• Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2023. Strigognatha gen. n., a new monophyletic genus of Eupterotidae: Eupterotinae from Asia, with description of six new species. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 44: 89–110. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2024

• Giusti, A., Naumann, S. & Nässig, W.A. 2024–2025. Patulognatha Naumann, Giusti & Nässig, 2024, Part 2: Review of the species from Sri Lanka (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae, Eupterotinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 45(2): 97–107. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Naumann, S., Giusti, A. & Nässig, W.A. 2024–2025. Patulognatha gen. n., Part 1: Another new genus of Eupterotidae (Eupterotinae) from Asia formerly included in the genus Sphingognatha C. & R. Felder, 1874. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 45: 1–14. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Naumann, S., Giusti, A. & Nässig, W.A. 2023–2024. A revision of the species of the genus Hampsonjana Nässig & Naumann, 2022 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae, Eupterotinae) from South and Southeast Asia. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 44(3-4): 113–142. Reference page.