Frank Meister has sent me several images of rarer Saturniidae over the years. In April of 2008, Frank, together with Ron Brechlin, launched a new publication that promises to be a valuable resource for those who wish to remain current in this field of study.

In January 2012, I purchased the seven journals published in 2010, 2011. Those journals contains images and descriptions of many newly named Saturniidae and Sphingidae species. I am using the journals to identify and reassign many digital images that had been sent to me in previous years.

ENTOMO-SATSPHINGIA

Ronald Brechlin and Frank Meister have launched a new publication called ENTOMO-SATSPHINGIA.

Dr. Brechlin writes, "We were/are very busy ... We (Frank [Meister] and I) have launched a new journal dealing mainly with saturniids and sphingids, including interesting rearings. In the future other moth families will also be covered. It is written mainly in German (with English abstracts [some in Spanish too]), and some publications are in English.

"So it would be really great if you could put an advertisment for this journal on your website! Our aim is to publish (1-) 2 issue(s) per year; and 2 issues are finished already - Entomo-Satsphingia 1/1 (April 2008) and Entomo-Satsphingia 2/1 (March 2009).

The contact link for subscription orders of the journal Entomo-Satsphingia is: Frank Meister. The price for the first issue (1/1-2008 [42 pages]) is 16 Euro and for the 2nd subscription (2/1-2009 [61 pages]) is 19.50 Euro.

The following new taxa have been described in the first 2 editions:

Issue 1/1 (6.4. 2008):
Automeris chaconoides Brechlin & Meister, 2008

Dirphia albescens Brechlin & Meister, 2008 (formerly known as [unpublished] Dirphia "naumanni" - on your website as well!)

Janiodes cuscoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2008
Janiodes oxapampensis Brechlin & Meister, 2008

Meroleuca catamarcensis Meister & Brechlin, 2008
Meroleuca raineri Brechlin & Meister, 2008

Molippa bertrandoides Brechlin & Meister, 2008
Molippa wenczeli Meister & Brechlin, 2008

Paradirphia rudloffi Brechlin & Meister, 2008

Pseudodirphia frickei Meister & Brechlin, 2008
Pseudodirphia marxi Brechlin & Meister, 2008
Pseudodirphia singeri Meister & Brechlin, 2008
Pseudodirphia weritzi Brechlin & Meister, 2008

Ptiloscola burmeisteri Meister & Brechlin, 2008
Ptiloscola paraguayensis Brechlin, Meister & Drechsel, 2008
Ptiloscola wolfei Brechlin & Meister, 2008

Further more in this subscription there is a rearing report of Caio harrietae (Forbes, 1944) and a sphingid description of Polyptychus chinensis shaanxiensis Brechlin, 2008

Issue 2/1 (20.3. 2009):

Actias parasinensis Brechlin, 2009

Antheraea (Antheraea) angustomarginata Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea (Antheraea) kalangensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea (Antheraea) paukpelengensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea (Antheraea) rubicunda Brechlin, 2009

Copaxa novocineracea Brechlin & Meister, 2009

Dysdaemonia australoboreas Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Dysdaemonia undulensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009

Janiodes napoensis Brechlin, Meister & Kaech, 2009
Janiodes pichinchensis Brechlin, Meister & Kaech, 2009
(see your discussion with Horst and Frank some months ago;) later I was getting aware that at this time I had aleady [nearly] finished these descriptions and following we had invited Horst to become a coauthor of these ones)

Salassa bhutanensis Brechlin, 2009
Salassa lemaii chiangmaiensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009

Further more in this issue there is a rearing report of Actias rhodopneuma Röber, 1925, in addition a publication dealing with the rediscovery of the Brahmaeid moth Calliprogonos miraculosa Mell, 1937 and descriptions of 4 new sphingids from the Philippines:

Cypa luzonica Brechlin, 2009:

Degmaptera cadioui Brechlin & Kitching, 2009

Sataspes leyteana Brechlin & Kitching, 2009
Sataspes negrosiana Brechlin & Kitching, 2009"

Ron also indicates that there will be subsequent rearing reports of many of the newly described species in subsequent publications. For those wishing to keep abreast of new Saturniidae and Sphingidae descriptions and rearing reports, these publications offer very good value for the price.

I will shortly be updating the genus checklists to include the recently described species, and I will also create species files for the additions.

The contact link for subscription orders of the journal Entomo-Satsphingia is: Frank Meister. The price for the first issue (1/1-2008 [42 pages]) is 16 Euro and for the 2nd subscription (2/1-2009 [61 pages]) is 19.50 Euro.

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