An Identification Manual and a Taxonomic Foundation for the Future
Publication Mission Completed!
The Moths of Borneo
Identification & Taxonomy. 200+ colour plates; 4,000+ pages; 4,000+ species; 18 separately bound Parts.
Probably the most detailed taxonomic study on this scale of any tropical moth fauna ever. The work is divided into 18 Parts, published between 1985 and 2011.
4630 species of adult ‘macro’ moths are imaged & described in detail with photos of each one in 202 colour plates. There are 4,048 text pages with 6903 B&W images of genitalia in 918 b&w plates.
Super-families covered are the Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Calliduloidea, Drepanoidea, Lasiocampoidea, Bombycoidea, Geometroidea and Noctuoidea i.e all the ‘macro’ groups.
24% of the species are described and named as new to science. Numerical analysis of the data suggests that between 80 and 90% of the entire ‘macro’ Bornean fauna has been listed. As listed, the Borneo representatives comprise some 6% of the global ‘macro’ moth fauna.
Note for the innocent: ‘macro’ moths are those placed in the super-families traditionally studied because they are (with many exceptions) physically larger than the ‘micro’ moths.
It is now possible to identify up to 90% of all the larger moths of Borneo, and a high proportion of species in the wider region of SE Asia, making MoB a key source for regional as well as Borneo based studies. It also has considerable relevance for identifying the faunas of both the Indian subregion and the Western Pacific.
Each species entry gives name, date & author, synonymy, markings, venation, genitalia structure, type locality, geographical range, altitude and habitat preference. In species where adult males and females look different, both are figured. Food plant and larval form are given where known.
The natural history of Bornean moths lacks detail. This will now change that the identification tools are available.
All genera have been revised and formally defined.. Much current taxonomic work has been incorporated. In fact half of all genus+species combinations have been changed.
Part 2, the last to be produced, published in July 2011, has:
- A 194 pp. Checklist for the entire set of 18 parts.
- Notes to support this Checklist
- Errata (4pp.) for all 18 Parts (a remarkably small number of errors for a 4,000 page text!)
- An Appendix: The Moths of Borneo: Building on the Past with the Benefit of Fresh Field Sampling to Construct a Taxonomic Foundation for the Future
- References
- An Index to Species & Genera for all 18 Parts
The Author:
Dr Jeremy Daniel Holloway is the world authority on the moths & butterflies of Borneo.
Educated in the UK at Bryanston School and Cambridge, he is not only a lepidopterist but also a specialist in the numerical analysis of biogeographical and ecological data.
His first encounter with the moth fauna of Mt Kinabalu was in 1965, in the company of Dato’ Henry Barlow, whose Malaysian publishing company Southdene Sdn Bhd has sponsored this Moths of Borneo project since its inception in 1980.
Apart from Sabah, he has been on field expeditions to Sarawak, Sulawesi, Seram in the Moluccas, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island, from his base in the Natural History Museum in London. His international network includes taxonomists in China, Japan, Australia, continental Europe, Russia and the USA.
In 1995 he was awarded the Karl Jordan Medal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, in part for his work on this series.
MoB physical details & dimensions: 18 Parts; soft back; page size 18cm width, 26cm height; relevant plates bound at the back of each Part on art paper with legends on facing pages., weight 11.5kg
Borneo Books Comment
We have stocked “The Moths of Borneo” as it appeared Part by Part since 1999 and regard it as a major landmark in Lepidoptera taxonomy. It is unique amongst tropical moth monographs in its reach and depth, and opens up many opportunities for biogeographical, ecological and conservation studies. It is a ‘must have’ set for the serious lepidopterist or institutions involved in forestry, agriculture or other land use, and for conservation bodies. Field centres will find it a valuable research facility.
It also functions well as an identification guide for the non-specialist. Matching photos to images is easy in most cases (although photos of living specimens often have fresher colours). Resort owners will find it increases satisfaction of guests curious about the moths they are seeing.
We are offering the 18 part set at a special price of RM2,000.00 (a 10% discount on the price of the individual Part prices) plus postage as follows;
| Country | Seamail | Airmail |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | RM82.20 | RM303.80 |
| Germany | RM92.60 | RM551.70 |
| Japan | RM97.60 | RM389.60 |
| UK | RM116.60 | RM615.70 |
| USA | RM200.70 | RM860.30 |
Insurance: for every RM100 value, we charge RM1.50
RM2000÷100 = 20; 20×1.50 = RM30.00
For different destinations or individual Parts please contact us and we will be happy to quote accordngly. Contact Us Here
Borneo Books wishes all clients and site visitors a Merry Christmas. We also wish you all the best for the New Year, which looks like being a bit of a challenge economically and environmentally. Never mind, come and visit us in Kota Kinabalu. If you do and you come at sunset time, ask to watch it from our office window (see pic.). In this office we have BBooks private library, including such rarities as the 1785 edition of Dr Samuel Johnson’s English dictionary, which defined the meaning of words to a degree never before achieved. You can have a look.
