By George Beccaloni, March 2018
Wallace discovered around 5,000 species new to science on his collecting expeditions to South America and the 'Malay Archipelago'. Here are a selection of a few of the most 'iconic' ones.
AMAZONIA
1) Plants
Palms
2) Fish
Altum Angelfish - (Pterophyllum altum)
MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
1) Insects & Spiders
Friula wallacei
Wallace's Cyriopalus Beetle - (Cyriopalus wallacei)
Resplendent Jewel Beetle - (Chrysochroa wallacei)
Wallace's Giant Bee - (Megachile pluto)
Raja Brooke's Birdwing
Wallace's Golden Birdwing Butterfly - (Ornithoptera croesus)
2) Reptiles & Amphibians
Wallace's Flying Frog - (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus)
Cyclemys ovata?
3) Birds
Spizaetus nanus Wallace, 1868 (now Nisaetus nanus), Wallace's hawk-eagle - described by Wallace from a single specimen from Sarawak collected in 1856.
Wallace's Standard-Wing - (Semioptera wallacei)
4) Mammals
Striped Possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)
Rheithrosciurus macrotis
Bay Cat