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Achievements and Goals

Over the past 10 years the Batanta Project team has made some amazing discoveries. An incredible 157 species of caddisfly (Trichoptera) have been identified, all of which are new to science. In addition, 7 new species of dragonfly (Odonata), 6 new species of mayfly (Ephemeroptera), 1 new species of land snail (Gastropoda), 1 new species of beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and 1 new species of liverwort (Cololejeunea) have also been discovered.

The team have consistently published their findings in scientific journals in their home country.

Publication

  • Vas, Z. (2026): New species and records of Ichneumonidae III. (Hymenoptera). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica: Volume 87 2026 pp. 103–115.
  • Takács-Vágó, H., Mayer, S.Á., Szabó, K., Kovács,T. & Szűts, T. (2026): First chance to see: New jumping-spider species from Batanta, Indonesia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini). - ZooKeys 1293: 241–263 (2026)
  • Mislai, K. Kovács, T. & Telnov, D. (2026): A new Species of Byrsax Pascoe, 1860 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Papuan Region. – Zootaxa 5866 (1):157-165.
  • Kaltenbach, T. Kovács, T. & Gattolliat, J-L. (2026): Centroptella (Chopralla) papuanica Kluge, 2021 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Batanta Island (New Guinea), with description of the male imago. - Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 50: 5–14.
  • Bogan, A. E. & Kovács, T. (2025): Range extension of Hyridella misoolensis (Schepman, 1897) (Bivalvia: Unionida: Hyriidae) from Batanta Island, West Papua, Indonesia Ecologica Montenegrina 90: 172-176 (2025)
  • Kovács, T., Horváth, R. & Juhász, P. (2025): Actions of Hungarians in Batanta: results of fifteen years of research (Indonesia: West Papua) Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matrensis 2025, 49:101-122.
  • Horváth, R., Kovács, T. & Juhász, P. (2024): Wilson’s bird of paradise (Diphyllodes respublica) data from Batanta (Indonesia: West Papua, Raja Ampat) - Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 48: 141–149.
  • Kovács, T. & Theischinger, G. (2023): A new species of Nososticta Hagen, 1860, from Batanta Island, West Papua, Indonesia (Odonata: Platycnemididae). - Odonatologica 52(3/4) 2023: 267-276.
  • Oláh, J., Kovács, T. & Horváth, R. (2022): On the Trichoptera of Batanta Island, West Papua, Indonesia, VII. New leptocerids. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2022, 53(2): 227–238.
  • Kovács, T., Theischinger, G., Horváth, R. & Juhász, P. (2021): Odonata from Batanta (Indonesia, West Papua) with description of one new species. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2021, 52(2): 119–139.
  • Pócs, T. & Kovács, T. (2020): Epiphyllous liverworst (Marchantiophyta) from Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua). – Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 44: 05-12.
  • Pócs, T. & Kovács, T. (2019): Epiphyllous liverworst (Marchantiophyta) from Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua). – Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 43: 05-18.
  • Szederjesi, T. (2019): The first earthworm records from Batanta Island, West Papua, Indonesia (Megadrili: Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae). - Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2019, 50(2): 129–136.
  • Oláh, J. & Kovács, T. (2018): On the Trichoptera of Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua, Raja Ampat Archipelago) VI. – Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 42:163-195.
  • Varga, A. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2017): A review of Bellardiella Tapparone-Canefri, 1883, with descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea: Pupinidae). – Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 65: 386–394.
  • Kovács, T., Theischinger, G. & Danyik, T. (2016): Odonata from Batanta (Indonesia, West Papua) with description of two new species. – Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 40: 27–37.
  • Oláh, J. (2016): On the Trichoptera of Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua, Raja Ampat Archipelago) V. – Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 40: 95–135.
  • Oláh, J. (2016): New Australasian and Oriental Triaenodes species (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae). – Opuscula Zoologica Budapest, 47(1): 31–63.
  • Kovács T., Horváth R. & Juhász P. (2015): Szitakötők és tegzesek (Insecta: Odonata, Trichoptera) kutatása Batanta szigeten (Indonézia, Nyugat-Pápua). Study of dragonflies and caddisflies (Insecta: Odonata, Trichoptera) on Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua). − Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici, 107: 269−288.
  • Kovács, T., Theischinger, G., Juhász, P. & Danyik, T. (2015): Odonata from Batanta (Indonesia, West Papua) with description of three new species. – Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 39: 17–29.
  • Oláh, J. & Kovács, T. (2015): On the Trichoptera of Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua, Raja Ampat Archipelago) IV. – Folia historico-naturalia Musei Matraensis, 39: 131–141.
  • Oláh, J. (2015): On the Trichoptera of New Guinea II. – Folia entomologica hungarica, 76: 119–166.
  • Oláh, J. (2014): On the Trichoptera of Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua, Raja Ampat Archipelago), III. – Folia entomologica hungarica, 75: 91–131.
  • Oláh, J. (2013): On the Trichoptera of Batanta Island (Indonesia, West Papua, Raja Ampat Archipelago). – Folia entomologica hungarica, 74: 21–78.
  • Oláh J. (2012): New species and records of Trichoptera from Batanta and Waigeo Islands (Indonesia, Raja Ampat Archipelago, Papua [Irian Jaya]). – Braueria, 39: 39–57.