Insects of Micronesia

Chrysosoma complicatum Becker from Likiep, Marshall Islands.

This dolichopodid fly heralded the move of Insects of Micronesia from Bishop Museum publications to Micronesica. The series continues to be edited by the entomological staff at the Bishop Museum, in collaboration with entomologists at the University of Guam.

The following parts have been published in Micronesica, and a list of the Bishop Museum parts (starting in 1954) was printed in Micronesica 27: 46-49.

Volume 5, No. 3. Acridoidea and related Orthoptera. Kevan, Vickery & English. pp. 177-218. [Micronesica 30(1): 127-168.]

Volume 5, No. 4. Gryllacridoidea, Rhaphidophorioidea and Tettigonioidea (Grylloptera). Vickery, Kevan & English. pp. 219-291. [Micronesica 32(1): 11-83.]

Volume 9, no. 3. Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae. Yano, Clarke & Yoshiyasu. pp. 157-177. [Micronesica 28(2): 131-151]

Volume 14, No. 8. Diptera: Techinidae. Sasakawa. pp. 281-302. [Micronesica 27(1/2): 51-72.]

Volume 13, No. 8. Diptera: Dolichopodidae, part I. Sciapodinae, Medeterinae and Sympycinae (part). Bickel. pp. 361-406. [Micronesica 27(1/2): 73-118.]

Forthcoming:

Volume 14, No. 9: Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Sasakawa. [Micronesica 41 (1).]

For information on earlier fascicles, visit the Bishop Museum web site and search for Insects of Micronesia.

For a list of new taxa described in these articles see our list of new taxa.

Authors of articles for inclusion in the series please see Micronesica guidelines.